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Post by Fender on Oct 6, 2007 23:23:31 GMT -5
Croatia's Karlovic aces his way past Hewitt to exclusive 'club' PA SportsTicker Published: Saturday, October 06, 2007 Ivo Karlovic of Croatia eclipsed the 1,000-ace plateau during his upset victory over Australian Lleyton Hewitt in the quarter-finals at the AIG Japan Open yesterday. Karlovic, pictured, the No. 7 seed, registered 25 aces en route to a thrilling 7-6, 7-6 triumph over the fourth-seeded Hewitt. He now has 1,019 aces this year. Karlovic becomes just the fourth player to record 1,000 aces in a season since the ATP started keeping the numbers of aces as an official statistic in 1991. American Pete Sampras was the first to accomplish the feat, logging 1,011 aces in 1993. Karlovic's countryman, Goran Ivanisevic, reached the mark four times during his career and still holds the record for a single-season with 1,477 aces in 1996.
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Post by Zvone on Oct 7, 2007 0:40:39 GMT -5
That's all Croatian tennis players are good at anyway. Serve big and forget the rest.
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Post by Trazi Vise on Oct 7, 2007 3:36:37 GMT -5
^^^True and that's how fender beat me too with that massive serve of his. ;D
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Post by Fender on Oct 7, 2007 8:19:51 GMT -5
^^Thats you TV. Must be the serving gene that runs through the Croats ;D
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Trazi Vise
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Post by Trazi Vise on Oct 7, 2007 8:42:35 GMT -5
Yes how long did it take you to figure it out ! I mean I only created a whole new topic to introduce the new TV if you had read it hehehehe...farewell TV, hello illyria (Queen)!
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Post by Zvone on Oct 7, 2007 11:08:40 GMT -5
Karlovic lost to Ferrer in straight sets.
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Post by Novi Pazar on Oct 8, 2007 21:39:46 GMT -5
"Karlovic becomes just the fourth player to record 1,000"
Not bad. He seems to have the wood on Hewitt.
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