LYON, France (AP) -Third-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia won his first title in more than two years by beating Michael Llodra of France 7-5, 6-3 in Sunday's Lyon Grand Prix final.
The 30-year-old Ljubicic's previous title came in 's-Hertogenbosch in June 2007. He won the first of his nine ATP titles at Lyon in 2001.
Ljubicic served seven aces and broke his French opponent three times on his way to the victory. The match lasted only 1 hour, 36 minutes.