Philipp Kohlschreiber and Ivo Karlovic will fight for the title in Dusseldorf.
Seeded no.1 Philipp didn’t have the easiest tournament to reach the final after a couple of 3 setters. Kohlschreiber beat Istomin 6-2 4-6 6-4 after 1 hour and 54 minutes.
Ivo Karlovic had a tough march as well and he had to really fight against the tournament revelation Jiri Vesely. The Croatian won 7-6 (6) 7-6 (7) after struggling in both tiebreaks “It is unbelievable. I didn’t expect it. I am really happy that it has come on clay courts. I was down in both tie-breaks, but I focused on my serve and waited for the mistakes.” Ivo won the match blasting 16 aces and scoring 3 points less than Vesely (90 vs 93). Match Stats
Kohlschreiber and Karlovic have played already 3 times. Head to head is 2-1 for the Croatian. Interesting enough they have played 6 tiebreaks out of 8 sets.
