FIVE-SETTER:Ivo Karlovic sent down 61 aces in their first-round match at the US Open, taking him to 11,277 aces over his career, 1,000 more than the next best
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 01, 2016
By: AFP, NEW YORK
Ivo Karlovic on Tuesday served his way into the US Open record books when he fired 61 aces in his
Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic serves during his US Open match against Lu Yen-hsun of Taiwan at Flushing Meadows in New York on Tuesday. Photo: AP
4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/5), 7-5 win over Lu Yen-hsun of Taiwan.
Karlovic, 37, beat the previous best of 49 aces for one match in New York served up by Richard Krajicek in his quarter-final loss to Yevgeny Kafelnikov in 1999.
“I knew there were a lot of aces, because there was a period [in the second set] when almost every serve was an ace,” Karlovic said. “I knew there was a lot, but I didn’t know it was this many.”
“Very tough one today! Congrats to Ivo and good luck for the rest [of the tournament],” Lu said on Twitter after the match.
Lu and partner Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia were to play Spain’s Inigo Cervantes and Italy’s Paolo Lorenzi in the first round of the men’s doubles. [FULL STORY]
