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Ljubicic knows beating Federer no easy task

By Bonnie DeSimone
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, March 31, 2006

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- If only tennis worked on strictly mathematical principles. Ivan Ljubicic crushed David Nalbandian in Friday's Nasdaq-100 Open semifinal. Nalbandian is one of only a few players to beat Roger Federer in the last year, thwarting the near-untouchable world No. 1 in the 2005 ATP season-ending championships. Ergo, Ljubicic should beat Federer in Sunday's final, or at least give him a hard time, right? The lanky Croatian is savvy enough to know it's not that simple for him or a ...

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