Ivo Karlovic set a US Open record on Tuesday when he banged down 61 aces on his way to a first round victory over Taiwan's Lu Yen-Hsun.
Mirnyi will now play Swede Jonas Bjorkman in the fourth round on Monday.\n\n
Ninth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France could find no solution to the problem of Ivo Karlovic's massive serve as the Croatian ran out a 7-6 6-7 7-5 7-6 victory in their third-round clash at Wimbledon on Friday.
Croatian Ivo Karlovic won the Nottingham Open for the second successive year, beating Spain's Fernando Verdasco 7-5, 6-7, 7-6.
Croat Ivo Karlovic beat Marat Safin 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the Madrid Masters.
Somdev Devverman's dream run came to an end with a 5-7, 1-6 loss against the towering Ivo Karlovic of Croatia in the singles third round of the USD 1.4 million Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington.
Croatia's Ivo Karlovic posted a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Argentine Mariano Zabaleta in the Houston final.
Ivo Karlovic ousted sixth seeded German Benjamin Becker 7-5 7-6 in the first round of the U.S. Clay Court Championships on Monday.
World number 103 Ivo Karlovic of Croatia beat James Blake 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 in the second round.
Images from Day 3 of the 2025 Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday.
Champion Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand eased into the second round of the Nottingham Open with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over British qualifier Mark Hilton on Tuesday.
Croatian beanpole Ivo Karlovic upset top-seeded compatriot Ivan Ljubicic to reach the quarter-finals of the grasscourt Nottingham Open on Wednesday.
Five-times champion Roger Federer took the sting out of Croatian Ivo Karlovic's venomous serve to book his place in a 21st straight Grand Slam semi-final at Wimbledon.
Towering Croat Ivo Karlovic toppled third seed Novak Djokovic 7-6, 7-6 to make the quarter-finals of the Madrid Masters on Thursday. Earlier, world number one Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray all made it to the last eight, but defending champion David Nalbandian went out.
Croatia's Ivo Karlovic called Wimbledon's credibility into question and accused line judges of bias after he was foot-faulted "11 times" in his second-round defeat by Andy Murray on Thursday.
Croatian Ivo Karlovic will defend his Nottingham Open title against Spaniard Fernando Verdasco after both men won their semi-finals in straight sets on Friday. Karlovic beat French Open semi-finalist Gael Monfils 7-6, 7-6, winning both tiebreaks 7-4, while the third-seeded Verdasco got to his first grasscourt final by defeating Marin Cilic of Croatia 6-3, 6-1 in just over an hour.
Ivo Karlovic utilised a single break of service to upset world number 10 Tommy Haas 7-6 6-4 in the quarter-finals of the US Men's Clay Court Championships on Friday.
Divij Sharan recorded his first ever ATP Tour level win when he, along with partner Ivo Karlovic, saved five match points to advance to the second round of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships even as Prakash Amritraj crashed out of the singles event, in Newport.
Croatia's Ivo Karlovic pulled out of next week's Wimbledon championships on Thursday because of a foot injury.
The victory avenged the Croat's quarter-final defeat at the hands of Clement at Queen's last week.
Wimbledon was hit by some high-profile withdrawals on the eve of the draw, tournament organisers said on Thursday.
The defending champion easily won his fourth round match against Croatian Ivo Karlovic at Wimbledon.
Croatian Ivo Karlovic hit a record 45 aces en route to beating third seed Tomas Berdych and reach the Halle Open semi-finals on Friday.
The world No 1 will face unseeded Finn Jarkko Nieminen, who defeated 2006 Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis 7-6 6-2 in the other semi-final.
The 2.08-metre qualifier earned the applause of a tightly packed crowd squashed on to benches round court number 14.
World number one Rafa Nadal withstood a barrage of power serving by Croat Ivo Karlovic to reach the semi-finals of the Indian Wells ATP tournament with a thrilling 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 victory on Thursday.
US Open champion Marin Cilic made a shock first-round exit from the Shanghai Masters on Monday after losing 7-5, 2-6, 7-6(2) to fellow Croatian Ivo Karlovic.
Mariano Zabaleta upset James Blake 7-5, 7-6 to advance to the final of the US Clay Court Championships.
World No 1 Novak Djokovic kicked off his bid for a fourth Canadian crown with a 6-3, 7-6(4) second round win over a stubborn Thomaz Bellucci at the Rogers Cup on Tuesday.
India's challenge in the doubles at the Chennai Open ended as Vishal Uppal and Ashutosh Singh lost to Tomas Behrend and Robin Vik.
Andy Murray battled back to beat unseeded Ivo Karlovic 6-7, 6-4, 7-6 to defend the San Jose Open title.
World number two Roger Federer edged past Ivo Karlovic 7-6(3), 7-6(4) on Saturday to reach the Halle Open final and stay on course for his eighth title in the grasscourt Wimbledon warmup event.
German sixth seed Benjamin Becker beat Marat Safin to set up a semi-final meeting with Ivo Karlovic, who had earlier dispatched fifth seeded American Mary Fish at the San Jose Open.
Somdev Devvarman's fans may still be relishing his stunning victories over Carlos Moya and Ivo Karlovic but the new Indian tennis star has left behind those wins and is completely focussed on the title clash of the Chennai Open against third seed Marin Cilic on Sunday.
Rafael Nadal survived a barrage of aces from Ivo Karlovic on Friday to reach the semi-finals of the Queen's Club ATP tournament for the first time with a 6-7, 7-6, 7-6 victory. The top seed saw 35 aces fly past his racket but showed plenty of grasscourt skills of his own to sneak through to face defending champion Andy Roddick in the semi-finals.
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