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    US Open GS (USA) - Hard Court, Round of 64. Best of 5 sets.match stats    
Ivo Karlovic
(14)Ivo Karlovic(CRO)
 		   DEFEATED    Florent Serra(FRA)
7-6(5) 6-4 6-2

On Court Aug 28 2008 20:39 GMT

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Croatia
Feb 28 1979
6'10'' / Right Handed
288-224 (31-27)
9 (1)
25 (HI of 14 on Oct 6 2008)
25 (Last Year's Race: 22)
2.54
0.76
2.5 (HI of 2.97 on Jan 14 2008)
65 - 77%
$1.53
93%
36%
$1.39
 
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France
Feb 28 1981
5'11'' / Right Handed
263-216 (37-33)
5 (1)
59 (HI of 36 on Jun 26 2006)
59 (Last Year's Race: 70)
1.15
0.78
1.27 (HI of 2.00 on Aug 14 2006)
22 - 34%
$4.45
85%
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$3.58
  Head to Head Matches   Ivo Karlovic leads series 2-0
Aug 25 2008US Open GS (USA)
Hard Court, R64		(14)Karlovic(14,2.54) d
Serra(69,1.15)		7-6(5) 6-4 6-2 Recap
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Oct 17 2005Madrid TMS (ESP)
Indoor Hard, q		(11)Karlovic(86,1.42) d
(3)Serra(53,0.88)		7-6(2) 6-4 Recap
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Ivo Karlovic: 32 tips ($2100 staked)
Florent Serra: 3 tips ($205 staked)
No Value: 1
 Aug 28 2008 20:18:38 
ngamiller
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Login to give Aces		 Ivo does seem to throw a wobbly in the GS but this year has seen him improve immeasurably. Past history is always an indicator but at some point someone like Ivo is going to go very deep in a GS and the US Open has to be his best chance. He was serving very well in the last game and when he's in the rhythmn there's not many who can stop him - ask Roger. Although Ivo burnt me in New Haven and I was cursing his name long into the night, I'll give him on last bash and if he mucks this up I'll slam dunk him myself.
 Aug 28 2008 20:11:33 
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 Aug 28 2008 20:07:28 
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 Aug 28 2008 17:37:52 
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 Aug 28 2008 14:55:05 
superduper
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Login to give Aces		  Value Bet by Comparative.Excel.Program! (Including Dynamics per set @ http://superduper-tennis.blogspot.com/)
 Aug 28 2008 14:48:04 
lilboi (Mod) 
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Login to give Aces		 I'd advise caution with this one, yes serra's is craphouse but Karlovic isn't the most reliable thing in the world either, especially at grand slams, his serve just needs to be a little off and his back to just an average atp player. I'd follow it live and trade if it looks like Karlovic's serve isn't on.
 Aug 28 2008 14:36:56 
age007
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Login to give Aces		 serra's a dud...
 Aug 28 2008 14:20:24 
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 Aug 28 2008 13:48:44 
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 Aug 28 2008 12:58:56 
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 Aug 28 2008 12:37:11 
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Login to give Aces		 You can see my Multi at http://infoonlinebets.coolforums.org
 Aug 28 2008 12:10:54 
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Login to give Aces		 Kalo should win this comfortably.Really-he should.Should have to much firepower for Serra-really he should.But will he.$1.33 to win @bet365.I don't know.I have been burnt by this clown before.I will stick my money where my mouth is one more time & put my faith in Karlo.If he lose here he should chuck it in & go play basketball.
 Aug 28 2008 11:29:35 
helen of troy
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Login to give Aces		 You guys! Talk about being mesmerised by a serve. Karlovic lost last week at New Haven to Luke Gregorc, ranked 434th in the world. At Wimbledon, he contrived to lose to Simon Stadler, ranked 172.
Just because he beat Jan Minar (who he?) does not mean that he can be trusted.
There is always value to be had backing against Karlovic in slams, and while Serra is no great shakes, he will have too much for Ivo. At 2/1, this one is great value!
 Aug 28 2008 11:28:14 
nadalin
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Login to give Aces		 giant odds for giant serve player
 Aug 28 2008 10:33:11 
dimarco
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Login to give Aces		 No problem for the giant!
 Aug 28 2008 09:33:58 
catscratch666
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Login to give Aces		 @carson: here you go, jack doesn't always tip a German. LOL !!!
 Aug 28 2008 09:28:55 
JackUnter
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Login to give Aces		 On a good day Serra might steal a set but will never ever prevail in a best-of-5-match. Karlovic here with confidence!
 Aug 28 2008 09:23:28 
ggheisman02
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Login to give Aces		 Bueno Serra Mrs. Campbell...Old Movie with Sofia Loren and Telly Savalas, Peter Lauren, and Phil Silvers. What does this have to do with tennis? Not one thing! Serra in an upset.
 Aug 28 2008 08:59:53 
Mathias
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 Aug 28 2008 08:47:52 
philsta_01
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Login to give Aces		 Karlovic's serve will completely dominate Serra, the only way Serra can win is if Karolvics serve is off and if he can return well enough, his groundsrtokes have to be imaculate and on the top of his game to win this one, but for me karolvic will play too well.
 Aug 28 2008 08:23:06 
bumbles
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Login to give Aces		 Karlovic should stroll through, he's had a decent season with a few hiccups recently but serra is average at best on a hard court and I cant see him breaking Ivo at all. Fancy him in straight sets but didnt want the risk, so have a double with him and LU, 1.97 should be like printing cash!
 Aug 28 2008 08:15:11 
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 Aug 28 2008 08:10:01 
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 Aug 28 2008 07:06:15 
uta281
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Login to give Aces		 well,with karlovic at GS you always have emotions,he should win quite easy but who nows...serra is nothing speial on hard and hr can win this match only if big karl will give it on a plate,wich cant happen some times with him.
 Aug 28 2008 05:33:14 
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 Aug 28 2008 04:23:09 
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 Aug 28 2008 04:04:19 
d.carson (Champion) 
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Login to give Aces		 Can anyone seriously see Serra taking 3 sets against Ivo Karlovic? I don't think he'll get 1 even and I'll be having a go at that. Karlovic cruised through his first round match while Serra came through against Rainer Shitler curtesy of a retirement. Despite suffering from Grand Slam-itis, Karlovic has a good chance this time with Nadal waiting in round 4 and he'll have been preparing well for this. I'd beat Serra using a Table Tennis racquet. Karlovic will race through his service games and it#ll feel like Serra is serving continuously. I say they should just award Karlovic his 6 on the board and let Serra serve 6 times. Might aswell. 3-0.
 Aug 27 2008 23:32:58 
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 Aug 27 2008 15:25:23 
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 Aug 27 2008 11:29:27 
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 Aug 27 2008 03:46:44 
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 Aug 27 2008 03:07:18 
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 Aug 26 2008 22:57:10 
thedestroyer9 (Mod) 
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Login to give Aces		 Florent Serra got through to the second run after Rainer Schuettler withdrew having lost 9 consecutive games and clearly struggling. The Frenchman did what he had to do and won 73% and 83% behind the first and seconds serves respectively, a big focus again for him here as he attempts to go head-2-head with Karlovic in a serve-out. The big Croat has overcome the Karlovitis that has dogged him in recent Grand Slam history by steamrolling Czech qualifier Jan Minar in just two hours. Ivo fired down 28 aces, lost just 6 points on the first serve the entire match but was even more impressive with the high-kicking second balls that often forced Minar to play a ball around his head. His tendency to shank a forehand wide or slump a slice backhand into the net were nowhere to be seen for a large majority of the match, and that will need to be the case here again with Serra who is very sound from the back, covers the court well and can counter-attack off the forehand wing. The Frenchman has lost this year to Zverev, Stepanek, Isner, Navarro and Vemic who have all used the serve-volley tactic successfully against him, and the 6'10" giant should see enough opportunities of Florent's mediocre serve to get the verdict in 4 and keep alive his hopes of opposing Nadal in R4.
 Aug 26 2008 19:56:26 
rafanadal85
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Login to give Aces		 Once again im confident in backing Karlovic against Serra.Karlovic come through a tight first set against Minar 7-5 being broke once but after that it was plain sailing for big Ivo.

Serra was on course to a fine win over Schuettler intill the German Ret,I feel tho Karlovic will hold serve alot easier than Serra an set up enough oppurtunity to come through
 Aug 26 2008 19:48:51 
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