AN ATP MASTERS SERIES EVENT
13th - 21st OCTOBER
ATP News : 2006
Ljubicic to Face Lee in Quarterfinals
Top-seeded Ivan Ljubicic struck 15 aces past American Kevin Kim for a place in the quarterfinals of the China Open Thursday. Ljubicic earned a 51st win of the season with a 6-3, 6-4 win in just 67 minutes at the Beijing Tennis Center.
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www.atptennis.com. Ljubicic won 31 of 35 points on first serve and broke Kim twice. The Croat, a winner of two ATP titles (Chennai, Zagreb) this season, is in a strong position to fill one of the six remaining Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai berths at No. 5 in the INDESIT ATP 2006 Race. Ljubicic will now play Hyung-Taik Lee, who advanced in their only career meeting at the 2004 US Open first round when Ljubicic retired at one-set all and 1-1. Eighth-seeded Hyung-Taik Lee will contest his third ATP-level quarterfinal (also 's-Hertogenbosch, Delray Beach) of the season, following a 4-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(4) win over Michael Berrer of Germany. Lee recovered from a 1-4 deficit in the third set tie-break for victory in two hours and 24 minutes. Both players hit ten aces, and while Lee won just 15 of 71 points on first serve the Korean, ranked No. 80 in the INDESIT ATP 2006 Race, won 113 points in total to Berrer's 107 of 220 points. |