Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic returns a ball to Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka during their first round match at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, Nov.4, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 27 months ago

Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic returns a ball to Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka during their first round match at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, Nov.4, 2009.

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