Indian Wells: Dominic Thiem now live against Ivo Karlovic
Dominic Thiem faces his "biggest" challenge: 2.11-man Ivo Karlovic, who broke one age record after the other at 40. The match is live on Sky and in our match tracker! ( To the match report. )
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Mar 14, 2019, 03:21 am
The return hasn't been Dominic Thiem's strongest weapon yet, but he'll need it tonight. Against Aces King Ivo Karlovic, the Lichtenwörther fight for the quarterfinals of Indian Wells - and thus for a confirmation of the strong form in the desert.
After a somewhat uncertain start against Jordan Thompson (6: 4, 7: 5) , Thiem won confidently against favorite opponent Gilles Simon (6: 3, 6: 1) , the 25-year-old used all five break opportunities here.
Karlovic, however, is a different caliber as a server, especially an unfamiliar one: serves from 2.11 meters above the ground jump somewhat differently than usual on the tour, and Karlovic has so far been very convincing in Indian Wells: In his matches against Matthew Ebden, He did not give a sentence to the eleven seeded Borna Coric and Prajnesh Gunneswaran - and "Dr. Ivo" is far from resigning despite his proud 40 years .
It is the first meeting between Thiem and Karlovic - live on TV and livestream on Sky and of course in our match tracker!