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Injuries force Ljubicic, Karlovic to withdraw from Games

Reuters

Friday, August 8, 2008

BEIJING -- Croatia's chances of a tennis medal in the men's singles suffered two blows on Saturday when Ivo Karlovic and Ivan Ljubicic withdrew because of injury. Mario Ancic, the world number 25, did not travel to China after pulling out with an injury last month. Karlovic, the 14th seed, is replaced by China's Yu Xinyuan who faces Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic in the first round. Berdych becomes the 17th seed in the 64-man draw. Ljubicic, who won a bronze medal in the doubles with Anc ...

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