Grand Slam efficiency rating
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...anemic 1.85. It may be cold comfort for Kolya the Obscure, but current No. 12 Ivan Ljubicic stinks out the big joints even worse than Davydenko. Although he finished 2006 at No. 5...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 14, 2007What's on line for top nine?
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...Added bonus: He becomes the first Serbian champ in RG -- or Grand Slam -- singles history. 7. Ivan Ljubicic: Forget it, the guy goes weak at the knees at two-week events. Added bonus: He...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 25, 2007Hard-court specialist
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...played on clay in Houston, before the spring Euro-swing). The guy ranked right below Blake, Ivan Ljubicic, was 5-2 in two hard court events (Cincinnati and Canada). The third-highest ranking American...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 17, 2007Young guns
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...them are usual suspects: Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, even poor old can't-win-under pressure Ivan Ljubicic. But the two most interesting ones are Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic. Murray will play Tommy...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 15, 2007Federer fizzles in the desert
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...it don't matter to who." The next three highest seeds -- Fernando Gonzalez, James Blake and Ivan Ljubicic -- had no comment. All of them had fainted
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 12, 2007How to make Davis Cup even better
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...hands of a team lacking its biggest gun, Roger Federer. But Lleyton Hewitt and Australia, and Ivan Ljubicic and Croatia were not so lucky; the Aussies lost to tiny Belgium and the strong Croatian...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 12, 2007Changing of the guard
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...status quo at the top of the game is in need of shaking up. Guys like Ivan Ljubicic, Nikolay Davydenko, Tommy Robredo, Mario Ancic, Tommy Haas (asterisk: he's had injury problems), David Nalbandian...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 16, 2007Players not to watch in 2007
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...coached by Brad Gilbert, made the final at Doha before losing to that old-school Croatian, Ivan Ljubicic. But here's an idea. Why don't we swim against the tide and name the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 08, 2007Stocking stuffers
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...order to win. Richard Williams: His own reality TV show; it would be a novel experience. Ivan Ljubicic: A gift certificate to Men's Hair Club. Martina Navratilova: An AARP card and membership, including...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 27, 2006Expect more of the same from Federer in 2007
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...bow of his rivals for 2007. The message for contenders (including Nalbandian, Marcos Baghdatis, Nikolay Davydenko, Ivan Ljubicic) who haven't won a major yet: Bring your A-game, bring it every time you...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2006TOP SEARCHES IN OCTOBER
NFL Expert Picks tops ESPN.com searches in October. Did "ivan ljubicic" make the list?
