Bystaff 853AM GMT twenty-two March 2010
Maiden win Ivan Ljubicic claimed his initial ATP Masters pretension at Indian Wells after defeating Andy Roddick Photo GETTY IMAGES The 31-year-old Croatian returned to the tip twenty for the initial time in some-more than dual years and recuperating from a form unemployment last year when he lost in the initial turn in five uninterrupted tournaments.
"I had my problems, similar to everyone else," he said.
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Ljubicic set up his fourth compare point with the last of his twenty aces, afterwards clinched it with a use leader to turn the second-oldest hold up at Indian Wells at the back of Jimmy Connors, who was five months comparison as the 1984 champion.
"It was unequivocally a mind game," Ljubicic said. "When you have dual big serves, not a lot of rallies happening, it"s a unequivocally mental match. I was advantageous sufficient to be some-more loose by the end."
Roddick was perplexing to turn the initial American man to win at Indian Wells given 2001, but he trailed in both tiebreakers. He had knocked about Ljubicic 7 times in 10 meetings, winning their last compare at Indian Wells in dual tiebreakers in 2007.
"I felt similar to I was winning my satisfactory share of the rallies once we got in to them," he said. "I only ran in to a man who served good on the big points. Unfortunately that"s probably the one thing that I don"t have carry out over out there."
For Ljubicic, his new thing in an ATP Masters 1000 last followed waste in 2006 to Roger Federer at Miami, and in 2005 to Tomas Berdych at Paris and Rafael Nadal at Madrid.
Ljubicic is the initial player outward the tip twenty to win a Masters 1000 pretension given No twenty-one David Nalbandian in 2007.
"Looking at my career, I did feel similar to I was blank it," he said. "It"s unequivocally a illusory feeling to eventually have it. It gives something special to your career."
There were no use breaks in the 2-hour final. Roddick served 3 love games in the second set, but had zero to show for his effort.
Ljubicic won the initial 3 points of the initial tiebreaker. Roddick"s forehand blunder left him trailing 6-3. Ljubicic set up his winning forehand with a dump shot - a tactic that regularly worked opposite Roddick.
Ljubicic raced to a 6-2 lead in the second tiebreaker, but he double-faulted on his initial compare point. He challenged the call on Roddick"s use return, but the round was on the line, withdrawal the American trailing 6-4. Roddick got to 6-5 with an genius prior to Ljubicic sealed it out.
"He served great. The last dual days were an muster on how to offer big points," Roddick said. "I felt similar to I was removing aced or he was attack a use leader each time I"d worked my approach in to a game."
