Post Tagged with: "ivo karlovic"
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Seppi to meet Bellucci in Moscow final
Andreas Seppi dealt with Jaziri in two comfortable sets, while his seeded colleague Thomaz Bellucci turned around the semifinal clash against Karlovic. They will now meet tomorrow in Moscow 2012 finals. Tunisian Malek Jaziri produced a solid run of victories at Kremlin Cup in Moscow this year, but was completely [...] -
Seppi and Karlovic book a place in Moscow semifinals, Rosol out
Second seeded Andreas Seppi of Italy booked his place in the Kremlin Cup semifinals in Moscow as he overcame Japan’s Tatsuma Ito in two very easy sets 6-2 6-1. The Italian was just too solid for Ito, who produced way too many unforced errors and commited a few double faults [...] -
Seppi and Karlovic reach Moscow QFs, Dolgopolov out
Edouard Roger-Vasselin beats top seed Dolgopolov in the second round of Moscow ATP tournament after escaping a four match points scare. Andrea Seppi and Ivo Karlovic are through to the QFs. Probably the biggest upset of the Kremlin Cup 2012 so far as 116th-ranked Frenchman Roger-Vasselin smashed out top seed [...] -
Karlovic reaches 2nd round in Moscow, Troicki and Istomin out
Ivo Karlovic reaches second round, Lukas Rosol and Malek Jaziri dismissed seeded players to play in Moscow 2012 quarterfinals. Karlovic delivered a four games run to move 4-1 up in the opening set against Italian Simone Bolelli. The Croat failed to confirm his second break, but his serve was not [...] -
Murray overcomes Karlovic in first round of Japan Open 2012, Tomic out
Andy Murray and Dmitry Tursunov advanced into second round of 2012 Japan Open in Tokyo in straight sets. Defending champion Murray was untroubled on his serve in the opening set, while 79th-ranked Ivo Karlovic defended three break balls before the tie-break. The tall Croatian hit 12 out of his 18 [...] -
Raonic overcomes Karlovic, Gasquet dismisses Dimitrov at the Thailand Open
An excellent serving performance from Canadian Milos Raonic saw him move into the quarterfinals in Bangkok, earning a very winnable tie against Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen. Raonic served 14 aces and faced no break points in a 7-6(3) 6-4 win over Ivo Karlovic. As expected by many, there was very little action [...] -
Monfils advances into second round in Bangkok, Karlovic also through
The evergreen Ivo Karlovic showed his younger opponent that he’s still got what it takes, hitting nine aces past Australia’s Marinko Matosevic to reach round two of the Thailand Open 2012. The Croatian, ranked 80 in the South African Airways ATP Rankings, produced two solid sets winning 76 per cent [...] -
Tsonga to meet Davydenko in Metz semifinal
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has moved through to the semifinal of Metz after avoiding a minor scare against American opponent Jesse Levine. Levine broke in the first game of the match from 40-15 down and consolidated the break for a 2-0 lead but would struggle for long parts after that. A fourteen deuce fourth [...] -
Tsonga, Davydenko, Karlovic and Levine through to Metz QFs
The quarterfinal pairings for the top half of the 2012 Metz draw have been set today. Tsonga will play Levine, whilst Davydenko will square off against Karlovic. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is through to the next round after defeating fellow Frenchman Clement Reix 6-3 6-3. Ranked outside the top 500, Reix did not [...] -
Karlovic, Davydenko advance in Metz; Reix in shock victory
Some of the first round matches at the Moselle Open 2012 in Metz have already been completed. As expected, the match between big men Ivo Karlovic and Kenny de Schepper was serve dominant. No break points were taken of the total nine available in this match for either player meaning the match was settled [...] -
“Cheated” Karlovic a Victim of Favouritism?
Big-serving Ivo Karlovic believes he is the victim of favouritism following Andy Murray’s controversial win over the Croatian in the opening rounds of Wimbledon. Karlovic was beaten by Murray 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-2, 7-6 (4) on Thursday, however he has accused line judges of favouring the home player after a succession [...] -
Murray superb performance against Davydenko
British no.1 Andy Murray showed no signs of weakness as he stormed to an excellent 6-1 6-1 6-4 win over Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko in today’s first round encounter at Wimbledon. Murray, who could be the first Brit to win this precious trophy since Fred Perry prevailed in 1936, played some [...] -
Roddick and Simon lose their second round matches at Queen’s
Former world no.1 Andy Roddick crashed out of the AEGON Championships, losing to the Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the second round of the tournament. Roger-Vasselin surprisingly defeated the 7th seeded American and four times Queen’s Club champion in three sets, winning 6-4 4-6 7-5. Roddick had a big chance to [...]
