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Ivan Ljubicic won his first ATP World Tour title in Lyon in 2001. Veteran Croatian Ivan Ljubicic , who has faced just two break points in four matches this week, powered into the Lyon final with another crushing serving performance Saturday at the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon , an ATP World Tour 250 tennis tournament.

Third seed Ivan Ljubicic , the 2001 champion, fired 27 aces past Nicolas Kiefer in a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win at the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon on Thursday.A Ljubicic converted two of 11 break point opportunities to extend his record to 4-0 over No.

Third-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia reached the quarterfinals of the Lyon Grand Prix on Thursday by beating Nicolas Kiefer of Germany 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Ljubicic, the 2001 Lyon champion, served 27 aces and broke his opponent twice to extend his perfect record against Kiefer to 4-0. Ljubicic will face Florent Serra of France in his eighth quarterfinal ...

Fifth-seeded Julien Benneteau of France beat qualifier Kevin Anderson 7-5, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals of the Lyon Grand Prix on Wednesday.

Wayne Odesnik made a memorable Moscow debut today. The 91st-ranked lefthander broke serve six times and fought off a match point in the second set to surprise second-seeded Victor Hanescu, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4, in a two hour, 15-minute opening-round match at the Kremlin Cup.

Emerging glamour girl Sabine Lisicki and world No.22 Philipp Kohlschreiber will team up for Germany at January's Hopman Cup $1 million ITF mixed teams event in Perth.

CHAMPION: US Open winner Juan Martin del Potro. GOOD SPORTS: Juan Martin del Potro after preventing Roger Federer from winning his sixth straight US Open.

RAFA Nadal, in the patois of Possil, would not show you a birda s nest. He is gracious, charming and friendly.

RAFAEL NADAL and Fernando Gonzalez were held up by rain as they attempted to finish their US Open quarter-final at Flushing Meadows and book a semi-final against Juan Martin del Potro.

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Bernard Tomic has joined an elite group including Andy Roddick and Stefan Edberg to have completed the Australian Open-US Open junior grand slam double with an emphatic victory in the boys' final in New York.

While Rafael Nadal, left, took a medical timeout to have an abdominal strain treated, a trainer worked on Nicolas Almagro's back on Sunday.

Play was twice suspended last night as rain disrupted the tournament for the first time in 11 days of play.

Share + Sep 9, 2009 3:46 pm US/Eastern FLUSHING, N.Y. 1 of 1 Number 3 seeded Rafael Nadal of Spain returns to Nicolas Kiefer of Germany on Sept.

The phoney war is over. The big guns have survived the initial exchanges of the US Open without sustaining significant damage.

Rafael Nadal overcame a gritty performance by 32-year-old Nicolas Kiefer of Germany to score a 6-0 3-6 6-3 6-4 victory and advance to the third round of the US Open.

WHAT started out as a rout turned into a war of attrition for Rafael Nadal on Friday, the stiff test leaving the third-seeded Spaniard feeling better prepared for an assault on a first US Open title.

Nicolas Almagro's risky decision nearly cost him at the U.S. Open on Friday. The Spaniard beat Robby Ginepri of the United States 6-7 , 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 after stopping during his first match point for a replay review of a close call.

World No 2 Andy Murray reached the third round of the US Open on Friday as he beat Chilean Paul Capdeville 6-2, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 on Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Andy Murray was cruising along in the second round at the U.S. Open when he went through a bit of a bump in the road: The 2008 runner-up lost - gasp! - a set.