Spadea Ousts Ljubicic, Ginepri Ill at ATP Lyon

Ljubicic was coming off his third consecutive final in his last three tournaments, on Sunday losing in five sets to Rafael Nadal at the Masters Series-Madrid.

"I haven't had enough time to recover, I lacked energy," Ljubicic said. "But I'm going to Paris on Thursday and there are several of us who can qualify for the Masters Cup still."

Spadea converted on only one of 10 break points during the match, which proved enough.

"I reached the semifinals here on two occasions, last year and six years ago, and I really hope to do as well again this year," Spadea said. "Ivan is in great form, he is one of the top sees here so it is a great win for me, it gives me a lot of confidence and hopefully I can take that into the next match."

No. 8 Robby Ginepri retired with illness in the first set against Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu, while No. 7 Mario Ancic delivered 32 aces to edge Swedish qualifier Thomas Enqvist 6-4 in the third.

Other unseeded winners were Frenchmen Fabrice Santoro (d. Dent) and qualifier Nicolas Mahut (d. countryman (WC) Benneteau), and Belgian Olivier Rochus (d. Djokovic).

On Thursday vying for the final quarterfinal positions are (Q) Gicquel vs. Sanguinetti, Gael "Force" Monfils vs. (3) Gaudio, (5) Robredo vs. Grosjean, (1) Roddick vs. (Q) Mahut, Fabrice "The Magician" Santoro vs. Mathieu in an all-French, and Spadea vs. (WC) Llodra.