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Martin Cuts Down Big-Serving Karlovic
Big-serving Croatian Ivo Karlovic hasn't dropped serve in two matches but he
finds himself out of the Australian Open. Karlovic, who upset Lleyton Hewitt in
the first round of Wimbledon last year, fell to Todd Martin 7-6(4), 7-6(4), 7-6
(7) in the second round of the Australian Open on Wednesday
Karlovic defeated American Mardy Fish in three tie-break sets in the first
round when neither player dropped serve. On Wednesday Karlovic again played
three tie-breaks against Martin, but this time the American came out on top.
Martin described the serve of 6' 10'' Karlovic as 遅emarkable.?Martin added: 戦
t's not the biggest (I've seen) but it's the best. It's unbelievable. He serves
from a tree, he serves hard. But he is so accurate it's astounding.?
Martin has won all five tie-breaks he has played in the first two rounds. In
his opening match Martin rallied from two sets down for the ninth time in his
career to defeat Antony Dupuis 4-6, 4-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(4), 6-3.
Asked if he considered the prospect that he may not be able to break Karlovic's
serve, Martin said: 戦 walked out on the court understanding that that was wel
l within the realm of possibility. I knew Mardy and Ivo didn't have any breaks
the other day?I bumped into Sjeng Schalken?and he said he'd beaten Karlovic six
, six and six in Flushing Meadows last year. It was nice to hear that somewhere
along the line he lost a few tie-breaks also.?
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金錢不會改變我 旅途奔波不會改變我
勝利不會改變我 我還是十年前的我 我一直都沒有改變…
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