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
mario strange
It was a strange feeling, for Mario and me.
struggle tennis time totally
I really feel like this time is different. My tennis is totally different than it was before. I think this struggle time is over.
confidence cup davis fantastic great played stayed tennis
I played some great tennis there (in Metz), really. The confidence from the Davis Cup stayed there and I played fantastic all week.
aggressive ball bit both returns serve similar
We play similar tennis. I use my serve a little bit more than he does, he probably returns a lot better than I do, but when the ball is in play we both try to be aggressive off the baseline.
beginning bronze cup davis deal highlight learned match medal olympic pressure terrible
I always thought my Olympic bronze medal was the highlight of my career, ... But this is even better. I had some terrible times at the beginning of my Davis Cup career, but through the years I've learned how to deal with the pressure match after match.
bronze highlight medal olympic
I always thought my Olympic bronze medal was the highlight of my career,
acting great grow kid
He's a little weird, ... He can play great or he can play horrible. He's spoiled. I think he'll grow as a person, but right now, he's a kid and he's acting as a kid.
crowd key serve
My serve was the key today, and the crowd were fantastic,
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.
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.
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.
decent difficult played pushing quite statement
He played quite well and he was the one who was pushing me over the limits. When it's like that, it's very difficult to make a statement out there, to make a decent match.
difficult expect five hung mistakes number won
I am number five in the world so I expect to play well. We made some mistakes and it got difficult but we hung in and won it.
anyone close consider five mean player top
I consider myself a top five player in the world, which doesn't mean that I'm close to Roger. I think he's really much better than I am, and probably anyone else.