ATP - Ivo Karlovic v Ivo Karlovic
23 June 2008
Preview By Tipster Sankekur (Poland)
Times when Karlovic was winning all his matches in tie-breaks whenever he was playing against pasted, in my opinion. Croatian still would be nothing in professional tennis without his thundering serve, but we have to admit that Ivo increased a lot movement, net play and many other court skills. Now player like German Stadler even face problems to get a tie-break chance with him. Karlovic is much more active at opponent's serve and that resulting likely under games results with players like Bjorkman, Sirianni, which are in my opinion on Stadler level or maybe even a little bit higher. Karlovic on fast grass was able to take 6:3, 7:5 victory over Fernando Gonzalez, which is a top player for sure. Year ago Karlovic surprisingly lost in first round of Wimbledon against Santoro, but I think his game is looking much better now. Many people say that he isn't able to be focused on good serve in 4-setter match. Maybe it is true, but he is able to serve well in three straight sets which are very probable with Stadler. German don't poses powerful serve and I don't think he will have idea to fight with Croatian who should easily finish him with net game and thundering serve. Line is quite good, because one tie-break maybe is possible, but still I think Karlovic will break twice or more German player.
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