Ivo Karlovic is always there.
Now ranked world no.49, the Croatian managed to reach the semifinal in Dusseldorf beating the defending champion Pico Monaco.
The match had the typical Karlovic’s script with Ivo firing one ace after the other (19) and avoiding baseline rallies as much as he could. Eventually it was Monaco to implode at the very end to concede the break to the Croatian. The match ended 6-4 3-6 6-3 (strange… no tiebreaks!) with Monaco scoring 87 points vs. Karlovic’s 86. Match Stats
Ivo will play 20 years old Jiri Vesely in the semifinal. The Czeck trashed Jurgen Melzer 6-1 6-1 in the quarters.
