Passage: He had been suffering with a left knee injury during the closing stages of the ATP season, and is also the subject of unconfirmed reports of a positive test for a banned substance at his country's Davis Cup quarter-final victory over Argentina in September. Ljubicic stormed past Kucera 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 to put the visitors into early command Friday before Hrbaty levelled for the hosts with a 7-6 (7-4), 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4 victory over Ancic.
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