Zagreb Open Thread 2006

GoIvan #1 seed with a stong field :)

WIN IT. its INDOOR :devil:

Kick some ass Ivan! :angel:

Kick all asses and win this tourney to recover the loss,Ivan! :rocker2:

Go Ivan

14-1 and 2 titles would be a nice start to a year :)

14-1 and 2 titles would be a nice start to a year :)
Awesome! :hearts: ... Go Ivan!

:)

Ajmo Ivan, and pls God, put Ivan and Mario into different sides of the draw, I wont be able to take it if they met sooner :angel:

Ajmo Ivan, and pls God, put Ivan and Mario into different sides of the draw, I wont be able to take it if they met sooner :angel:

It would suck for Mario if they meet soon :rolls: its indoor tournament, not much of chance for Mario vs Ivan :)

they will probly be in same SF- #1seed,with #3 ,#5mario and 7

Well dont be too sure abt that, their last meeting was pretty close, and Mario could have won if he had taken at least a third of like 15 BP he had :rolleyes:

I dont think it would be that bad for him, but not easy either :(

When the main draw come out?

Main Draw

LJUBIČIĆ, Ivan - MURRAY, Andy
HERNYCH, Jan - KENNETH, Carlsen
ZIB, Tomas - YOUZHNY, Mikhail
STARACE, Potito - NIEMINEN, Jarkko

STEPANEK, Radek - QUALIFIER
ĐOKOVIĆ, Novak - VIK, Robin
BRACCIALI, Daniele - QUALIFIER
SODERLING, Robin - LOPEZ, Feliciano

ANDREEV, Igor - ČILIĆ, Marin
SEPPI, Andreas - QUALIFIER
CLEMENT, Arnaud - HENMAN, Tim
SANGUINETTI, Davide - GASQUET, Richard

ANČIĆ, Mario - TURSUNOV, Dmitry
SCHUTTLER, Rainer - KARLOVIĆ, Ivo
QUALIFIER - MINAR, Ivo
WAWRINKA, Stanislas - FERRER, David

I love the 1st round match ... Kick his ass Ivan! :angel:

I dont see Murray giving Ivan too much trouble :)

Ljubo is playing on Wednesday :wavey:


Good luck, crush the pukeboy :rocker2:

Go Ivan, kick his ass! :bounce:

:yeah:

good luck :yeah:

good luck :yeah:

:hug: :wavey:

Good luck Ivan :)

Good luck Ivan :)

:yeah:

Almost start,ajmo Ivan! :rocker2:

:eek: They lost in doubles :smash: I said Mario&Ivan should have played, they would have gone really far, but no one listens to me :angel:

Ivan wins :)

It's good news they lost the doubles, :crazy: otherwise Ivan is dead tired and won't play well next week! :scared:
Today he just won 4-6 6-2 6-3,and very difficult to hold serves most of time. :fiery: Personally I prefer he wins this tourney than DC, :aplot: so he has to fight harder in next matches. :boxing:

Ivan plays vs Karlsen tomorrow. WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN :)

Go Ivan, I put all my money on you then WIN!!! :bounce:

7-6 6-4 win :)

QF vs Youzhny, if he wins this, he should win the tournament :) nothing left :)

Thanks Ivan! :yeah: ... Now beats my sweet Misha please! ;)

Yes thanks and congrats to Ivan. He has finally won me some vCash :) He let me down on a couple of bets last year, but I knew if I kept betting on him he would make me some money :worship:

I was so pissed off at Ivan when I found out that he singed in to play doubles with Marin without notifying Mario, with whom he agreed in AO that they'll play doubles, that really wasn't nice, nono :( , but he apologized, and then I watched his on tv show last night for an hour and he was so nice that I had to forgive him :p

Ajmo, beat Youzhny today :angel:

Misha won a tough match and he isn't in good form but so does Ivan, :yawn: hard to say Ivan will win for sure,just good luck to him! :D

He's gonna have to improve a bit if he wants to win this, he wasn't too convincing in first two rounds

I put all my money again in you Ivan then WIN PLEASE! :angel:

He's gonna have to improve a bit if he wants to win this, he wasn't too convincing in first two rounds
Ya,don't know what's up with him recently,always struggles to hold serves. :speakles:

Well I was wrong Ivan still hasn't won me any vCash. I guess with the amount I bet and the odds on the match even with Ivan winning I still didn't make any money on the match :sad: But I'm still sure at some point I'll have some bets on him that will make vCash for me :)

Ivan is kicking ass so far :banana: must have heard the critic :angel:

6-3 6-2, didnt face any bps :)

:worship: great performance :yeah:

Ivan plays better after few matches! :yeah:
Mae you didn't bet on him in this match,no?So you can bet the next! :lol:

Thanks Ivan :kiss:

Now I want to see you in the final, good luck! :yeah:

I really can't stand that Djokovic, :fiery: but that guy is stronger than Tim,when Ivan kicks his ass,he 99% will take this title! :clap2:

I'll not bet this time because the odds are :p ... But good luck Ivan, win the match in 2 sets please! :yeah:

Ivan in the final :woohoo:

Another title? :angel:

I'll not bet this time because the odds are :p ... But good luck Ivan, win the match in 2 sets please! :yeah:
Wow I betted 600 on Ivan! :eek: When he choked in TB in 1st set I almost die becoz Tim made me lose 450 already! :bigcry: But thank god Ivan didn't lose any break even though he gave 3 bps to the kid in each next set! :o And he can't break his serve early coz the kid saved bps with his huge serve as well. :smoke: You know,he always loses to kids, :( finally he broke this curse! :aparty:
BTW his wife was there too! :drool:

Next is Koubek,h-h 2-3!!! :eek:

2004 Basel, Carpet, Q
Switzerland Carpet Q Koubek 2 6 7 5 7 5

2004 Roland Garros, Clay, R64
France Clay R64 Koubek 6 0 1 6 6 4 6 2

2002 Gstaad, Clay, R16
Switzerland Clay R16 Ljubicic 4 6 4 6

2001 AUT v CRO EAGI Rd 2, Carpet, RR
Pula, Croatia Carpet RR Ljubicic 7 5 3 6 6 7 3 6

1998 Eisenach, CH, Clay, R16
Germany Clay R16 Koubek 6 3 7 6

OMG,he won the last 2 matches, :shout: but I think Ivan still has more chance to win coz Koubek is more tired than Ivan,and I think the kid is better than Koubek so come on don't miss the chance to win in his country first time Ivan!!! :bigclap:

I wanted Tim in the final :p ... But Ivan is playing in home, I'm sure that he wants to win a title with his crowd :)

would be nice to start the year 14-1 with 2 titles and AO QF :)

Ivan will win the title today, I'm sure ... Go! :bounce:

2nd title of the year ... Ivan, you're a idol! :woohoo:

6-3 6-4 Not surprised at all,at the beginning his fh wasn't good,he struggled to hold serve a bit but later on always held the love game. :clap2:
Very "boring" but I love that more, :rolls: nice job to win in his home first! :bigclap:

Ivan is making us rich again :lol:

:rolls: :yeah:

Ivan is making us rich again :lol:
Very true! :aparty: I should have only betted all $$$$$ on him for winning 2 sets not the whole.You know I just betted 220 for winning 2 sets and 2000 for the whole! :banghead: Not the best way to win more $$$$$! :haha:

I don't like to bet in sets result because I always lose :lol:

:crying: Ah it reminds me that I betted on Gonzo yesterday,when I betted on him he always lost! :bigcry:
But Ivan helps me win a lot! ;)

I betted on Feña too :ras: ... Thank god not all the money :lol:

:woohoo: Ivan proves he can win even when doesnt play good (except ag Youzhny) :worship:

congrats...

Good job Ljubo.