Karlovic Hits 44 Aces @ Zagreb

Written by: on 4th February 2014
The Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow
Karlovic Hits 44 Aces @ Zagreb

epa03916106 Ivo Karlovic of Croatia in action against Richard Gasquet of France during their tennis match at the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow, Russia, 19 October 2013 EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV  |

* One more win in Montpellier might put Istomin in Top Forty

* Llodra now far below #100 after loss to Gicquel

* Karlovic upsets Brands on a day when no Top Fifty players in action in Zagreb

* Hits 44 aces to equal record for a three-set match

* Slumping Alund surprises Ramos in Vina del Mar

* Gimeno-Traver edges #7 seed Dolgopolov, who remains below #50

* Japanese newcomer Taro Daniel too strong for Bellucci

****** TODAY’S MEN’S NEWS ******

 

Montpellier

 

French players won four of five matches on the day as the home indoor event began to gain pace. Unknown Pierre-Hugues Herbert beat Andres Artunedo of Spain 6-4, 6-3 while No. 249 qualifier Albano Olivetti put out compatriot Kenny De Schepper 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-4 with a 14-ace performance.

 

Journeyman qualifier Marc Gicquel, 36, reached the second round over fellow French veteran Michael Llodra, 6-4, 7-6(4) and will take on second seed Gilles Simon. It was the first ATP-level win for Gicquel since June, 2010, a three-and-a-half year dry spell. Adrian Mannarino wrapped up the home day on court, beating co-national Vincent Millot 6-4, 6-4 and next faces third seed Jerzy Janowicz.

 

Denis Istomin, who substituted injured Australian Open winner Stan Wawrinka, began with a defeat of Turkey’s Marsel Ilhan 6-4, 7-5. Istomin ranked 43, didn’t face a break point in a winning debut at the venue.

 

Vina del Mar

 

Eighth seed Federico Delbonis led a South American sweep into the second round, with the Argentine beat Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas 6-3, 6-4. Santiago Giraldo of Colombia advanced of Spaniard Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 6- 4, 6-2 while Argentine Martin Alund beat Albert Ramos of Spain 6-3, 6-4.

 

Japan’s Taro Daniel upset Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci 6-3, 6-3, Spain’s Pablo Carreno defeated Italian Filippo Volandri 6-0, 3-6, 6-1 while Italy’s Paolo Lorenzi took revenge by defeating Colombian Alejandro Gonzalez 6-2, 6-1.

 

Zagreb

 

Ivo Karlovic blasted a record-leveling 44 aces in a three-set match to beat Daniel Brands 6-7(4), 7-5 7-6(3) and begin his campaign at home on a high note. The performance tied that of Australian Mark Philippoussis, set October, 1995, in Kuala Lumpur. Karlovic’s effort was the fourth time since 1991 that a player had hit at least 40 aces in a best-of-three sets match, all coming indoors, and the second time in Zagreb (Goren Ivanisevic, 40 aces in 1997). The previous best for Karlovic was 38 in a three-set match (Basel, 2007).

 

Serb Davis Cup player Dusan Lajovic set up a second-round clash with top seed Marin Cilic after the No. 101 beat qualifier Pedja Krstin 6-2, 6-3. Second seed and 2012 champion Mikhail Youzhny starts with Bjorn Phau, who put out Croatian Ante Pavic 6-3, 6-4. Lukas Lacko stopped Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4, 6-4.

 

German qualifier Michael Berrer beat teenaged Borna Coric 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, in a match against a player competing in only his second ATP match. “I have to be honest, I underestimated him a little bit,” said the German winner. “He was playing very well and he didn’t make it easy for me. He was really taking my slice out of the game and had an answer for all of my shots. It was more of a physical thing today and I’m really happy that I survived.”

 

 

 

******** THIS WEEK IN TENNIS ********

 

THIS WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Vina del Mar (250/Clay). Defending Champion: Horacio Zeballos

Montpellier (250/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Richard Gasquet

Zagreb (250/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Marin Cilic

NEXT WEEK ON THE ATP WORLD TOUR:

Rotterdam (500/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion: Juan Martin del Potro

Memphis (250/Indoor Hard). Defending Champion (as an ATP 500): Kei Nishikori

Buenos Aires (250/Clay). Defending Champion: David Ferrer

******** STATS AND FACTS ********

 

RANKINGS

 

Estimated ATP Rankings As of February 4, 2014

Rank &

Prior

Rank ..Name ….. Points

1..(1) Nadal………….14330

2..(2) Djokovic……….10580

3..(3) Wawrinka………..5710

4..(4) Del Potro……….5370

5..(5) Ferrer………….5280

6..(6) Murray………….4795

7..(7) Berdych…………4540

8..(8) Federer…………4355

9.(10) Tsonga………….2885

10..(9) Gasquet…………2845

11.(11) Raonic………….2690

12.(12) Haas……………2435

13.(13) Isner…………..2320

14.(14) Youzhny…………2100

15.(15) Fognini…………2100

16.(17) Nishikori……….1965

17.(16) Robredo…………1960

18.(18) Almagro…………1930

19.(19) Dimitrov………..1810

20.(20) Simon…………..1700

21.(21) Janowicz………..1615

22.(22) Anderson………..1580

23.(23) Gulbis………….1443

24.(25) Pospisil………..1359

25.(26) Lopez…………..1355

26.(27) Kohlschreiber……1330

27.(28) Tursunov………..1314

28.(24) Paire…………..1275

29.(29) Mayer…………..1245

30.(30) Monfils…………1245

**DRAWS

 

Montpellier — week of February 3, 2014

1 Gasquet

–bye

Mathieu (WC)

Mahut

de Schepper

Qualifier

Davydenko

8 Benneteau

 

3 Janowicz

–bye

Bautista Agut

Mannarino

Gabashvili

Brown

Przysiezny

7 Roger-Vasselin

 

5 Monfils

Kubot

Kamke

Sousa

Istomin

Qualifier

–bye

4 Tursunov

 

6 Nieminen

Nedovyesov

Herbert (WC)

Qualifier

Llodra

Qualifier

–bye

2 Simon

Vina del Mar — week of February 3, 2014

1 Fognini

–bye

Bedene

Robert

Volandri

Carreno Busta

Garin (WC)

5 Chardy

 

3 Almagro

–bye

Qualifier

Ramos

Qualifier

Qualifier

Cuevas (PR)

8 Delbonis

 

7 Garcia-Lopez

Reister

Lorenzi

A Gonzalez

Giraldo

Qualifier

–bye

4 Granollers

 

6 Dolgopolov (WC)

Gimeno-Traver

Zeballos

Lama (WC)

Haider-Maurer

L Mayer

–bye

2 Robredo

Zagreb — week of February 3, 2014

1 Haas

–bye

Huta Galung

Becker

Qualifier

Stakhovsky

Kavcic

8 Sijsling

 

3 Kohlschreiber

–bye

Golubev

Hanescu

Qualifier

Coric (WC)

Hajek

7 Stepanek

 

5 Cilic

M Delic (WC)

Lajovic

Qualifier

Brands

Karlovic

–bye

4 Dodig

 

6 Rosol

Sela

Lacko

Struff

Qualifier

A Pavic (WC)

–bye

2 Youzhny

******** SCORES ********

 

TUESDAY

Montpellier

Singles – First Round

[Q] A Olivetti (FRA) d K De Schepper (FRA) 46 76(2) 64

A Mannarino (FRA) d [LL] V Millot (FRA) 64 64

D Istomin (UZB) d [Q] M Ilhan (TUR) 64 75

[WC] P Herbert (FRA) d [Q] A Artunedo Martinavarr (ESP) 64 63

[Q] M Gicquel (FRA) d M Llodra (FRA) 64 76(4)

Doubles – First Round

[2] R Junaid (AUS) / A Qureshi (PAK) d D Brown (GER) / A Krajicek (USA) 67(14) 76(5) 10-7

[3] P Hanley (AUS) / J Marray (GBR) d T Gabashvili (RUS) / J Sousa (POR) 75 60

H Kontinen (FIN) / J Nieminen (FIN) d [WC] D Descloix (FRA) / G Monfils (FRA) w/o (Monfils – back)

N Davydenko (RUS) / D Istomin (UZB) d O Nedovyesov (KAZ) / M Przysiezny (POL) 46 64 10-4

[WC] G Rufin (FRA) / G Simon (FRA) d G Kretschmer (GER) / A Satschko (GER) 61 46 13-11

Vina del Mar

Singles – First Round

Federico Delbonis (8), Argentina, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruquay, 6-3, 6-4.

Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, def. Alejandro Gonzalez, Colombia, 6-2, 6-1.

Aljaz Bedene, Slovinia, def. Stephane Robert, France, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, def. Filippo Volandri, Italy, 6-0, 3-6, 6-1.

Martin Alund, Argentina, def. Albert Ramos, Spain, 6-3, 6-4.

Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, def. Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, Spain, 6-4, 6-2.

Taro Daniel, Japan, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 6-3, 6-3.

Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov (6), Ukraine, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 7-5.

Doubles – First Round

Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez (1), Spain, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, and Philipp Oswald, Austria, 6-1, 6-3.

Jeremy Chardy, France, and Lukas Dlouhy, Czech Republic, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, 7-6 (5), 6-2.

Christian Garin and Nicolas Jarry, Chile, def. Christoper Kas, Germany, and Andre Sa, Brazil, 6-2, 6-4.

Zagreb

Singles – First Round

[Q] M Berrer (GER) d [WC] B Coric (CRO) 64 36 64

D Lajovic (SRB) d [Q] P Krstin (SRB) 62 63

I Karlovic (CRO) d D Brands (GER) 67(4) 75 76(3)

L Lacko (SVK) d J Struff (GER) 64 64

[Q] B Phau (GER) d [WC] A Pavic (CRO) 63 64

Doubles – First Round

[3] J Brunstrom (SWE) / J Knowle (AUT) d [WC] D Marcan (CRO) / N Mektic (CRO) 62 76(3)

[4] M Draganja (CRO) / M Pavic (CRO) d J Huta Galung (NED) / F Moser (GER) 64 64

J Erlich (ISR) / L Rosol (CZE) d T Bednarek (POL) / M Kowalczyk (POL) 61 64

M Demoliner (BRA) / P Raja (IND) d F Cermak (CZE) / M Elgin (RUS) 63 64

**

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