FRENCH OPEN TENNIS AT ROLAND GARROS
Croatian Ivan Ljubicic hits a backhand during his quarter-final match with Frenchman Julien Benneteau at the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris, France on June 7, 2006. Ljubicic advanced to the semi-finals with a straight sets victory. (UPI Photo/ David Silpa)
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LYON, France, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Second-seeded Gilles Simon lost 6-7 (7-4), 6-3, 7-6 (7-1) to Michael Llodra in Saturday's second semifinal at the Lyon Tennis Grand Prix in Lyon, France.
UMAG, Croatia, July 30 (UPI) -- Nikolay Davydenko, going after his second straight tournament title, cruised into the quarterfinals Thursday at the Croatia Open.
ZAGREB, Croatia, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Defending champion Sergiy Stakhovsky, ranked 82nd in the world, surprised third-seeded Ivo Karlovic Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Zagreb Indoors.
ZAGREB, Croatia, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Croatians Marin Cilic and Ivan Ljubicic were among Monday's opening-round winners at the Zagreb Indoors.
'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands, June 18 (UPI) -- Defending champion Ivan Ljubicic was ousted in three sets Wednesday during second-round play at the Ordina Open tennis tournament in the Netherlands.
HALLE, Germany, June 10 (UPI) -- Local favorite Tommy Haas collected an upset victory Tuesday in first-round play at the $1.12 million Gerry Weber Open tennis tournament in Germany.
PARIS, May 31 (UPI) -- No. 1 seed Roger Federer downed Mario Ancic 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in a men's third round match Saturday at the French Open in Paris.
PARIS, May 29 (UPI) -- David Nalbandian and James Blake, two of the top seven men's players in the French Open, were ousted Thursday in second-round matches.
PORTSCHACH, Austria, May 23 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko recorded a semifinal win Friday to advance to the finals of the Hypo Group International tournament for third time in four years.
PORTSCHACH, Austria, May 22 (UPI) -- The top three seeds, led by Nikolay Davydenko, advanced in Thursday's quarterfinals at the Hypo Group International tennis tournament in Portschach, Austria.
