Ivan Ljubicic
Ivan Ljubicic
Ivan Ljubičićis a retired Croatian tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking was world No. 3...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth19 March 1979
ball moving seeing serving
Everything went my way. I'm serving fantastic, I'm moving well, I'm seeing the ball well.
bit came easy everybody thriller
We wanted everybody to know we came here to win, but it was not as easy as we expected. It was a bit of an unnecessary thriller in the end, but we had to win.
blocked career decision difficult neck woke worked
I woke up with a completely blocked neck and we worked on it all morning. I didn't know if I would play or not. It was probably the most difficult decision I had to make in my career - to play or not.
best bit came cup davis doubles nervous played second settled start
We were a bit nervous at the start and didn't play too well, but we settled in the second and came back strong. I think we played one of our best Davis Cup doubles matches.
happened knew lost return
We never lost hope. It happened to us before, and we managed to come back. When we got the feel on the return I knew everything was possible.
care final
But this is even better. I don't care who we play in the final because we're there.
felt last legs powerful quick
I felt as if my legs were not as powerful and quick as last week, but I think that's normal,
good hopeful race start though
Though it is my first visit, I am hopeful of getting a good start to the ATP Champion's race in the New Year.
chance davis good matches straight time tough win
It's tough to come here straight after Davis Cup, but it's an important time for me, and I know I have a good chance to win matches on this surface.
bad chances doubles easy focused hope quick surface tough
It's not easy to play doubles on this surface because it's pretty quick and tough to return, ... There won't be many rallies so you are going to have one or two chances to make it, and if you don't -- bad luck. We are going to have to be focused and hope for the best.
against cup davis masters people
It's my first Masters final. A lot of people will be against me. It's normal, like Davis Cup atmosphere.
confident good problems quite
It was a good first match, ... I had no problems at all, so I am quite confident for the tournament.
earlier gave helped matches played point rhythm time
It's a long time that I played two matches in a day, but it helped me. The earlier match gave me the rhythm from the first point in the final.
mario strange
It was a strange feeling, for Mario and me.