Lee Hyung-Taik in last four China Open'06
Sep 16th, 2006

South Korea's Lee beat world number three Ljubicic 6-3 7-6 to enter into the semi-finals of the $500,000 tournament. Now he has to take fourth seed Mario Ancic of Croatia.

Lee certainly looked relaxed in the opening set when he broke the Ljubicic serve at the first attempt and resisted the Croatian's attempts to break back through eight deuces in game six. The second set was going with serve until a Lee forehand caught the net cord and looped past a stranded Ljubicic, landing well inside the line in the backcourt to give the South Korean a 6-5 lead.With defeat looming, Ljubicic threw caution to the wind and broke back immediately but Lee held his ground to claim the tie break 7-3 and reach his first ATP semi-final of the season.