The No. 108th-ranked Karlovic has served 43 aces this week, giving him 306 this year, second on the ATP circuit to countryman Ivan Ljubicic (387). Karlovic leads the ATP with an average of 19.1 aces per match.
Karlovic is 3-0 this week in tie-breaks, making him 12-6 on the year. He's played a total of 18 tie-breaks in 16 matches. For his career, he is 95-88 in tie-breaks, having played a total of 183 tie-breaks in 161 career matches.
Karlovic has won five of 12 break points this week, a conversion rate of 41.7 percent. Coming into this week, Karlovic had converted 32.4 percent of his break chances in 2007 (12 of 37).
Karlovic has saved 14 of the 15 break points he's faced this week (holding 32 of 33 games), dropping his only service game of the week in the first set of his opening round match against Benjamin Becker. Karlovic has aced his way out of a break point five times this week.
koliko god svi govorili "lako mu je kad sa balkona servira", ko se imalo bavija tenisom zna da ovo nije lako, pogodit te sve vazne lopte, uzet break loptu kad triba... koliko god izgleda munjen, ipak ima nesto u njegovoj psihi koja ga izvlaci iz teskih situacija...
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