Ivo Karlovic News

Florent Serra improved to a 24-28 season record with victory over Ivo Karlovic on Monday.

LONDON: Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet accepted 25,000 pounds in libel damages yesterday over a British newspaper's claim that she had lied about her exercise regime.

Roger Federer brushed off his game after a long autumn pause to clock his 16th straight victory at his home Swiss Indoors and start a run to the end of the Association of Tennis Professional season.

An onslaught of 28 aces went for nought as huge Croatian server Ivo Karlovic was tamed 7-6 , 6-4 by Frenchman Florent in the opening round of the Swiss Indoors Monday.

Jamie Baker aims to get back in the Great Britain team. Bert Mitchell Published on 23 Oct 2009 Despite enjoying the most successful spell of his professional career, Jamie Baker believes that the best thing that has happened to him recently was a defeat.

You can spend Halloween watching the pros work in Charlottesville, Virginia. Former University of Virginia standout Somdev Devvarman, Taylor Dent, Vince Spadea and Donald Young are scheduled to headline the upcoming Virginia National Bank Men's Professional Championship, hosted by The Boar's Head.

German Tommy Haas tested his recent Shanghai shoulder niggle with resounding success Wednesday, opening his account at the Stockholm Open with 17 aces on the way to a 6-3, 6-4 defeat of Frenchman Florent Serra.

Marat Safin hit 12 aces past Chinese qualifier Mao-Xin Gong. In an important week for those players hoping to boost their chances of qualifying for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals , World No.

SWEATING IT OUT: James Blake overcame Ivo Karlovic in the first round of the Shanghai Masters on Monday.

James Blake is a perfect 1-0 against Rafael Nadal in Shanghai. Will that have any meaning in their seventh career encounter later today at the Shanghai Masters? Maybe, maybe not.

Tenth seed Fernando Gonzalez reached the second round of the inaugural Shanghai Masters on Monday when German Mischa Zverev retired injured in the third set of a tight match.

American James Blake has recovered from an early setback to defeat Croatia's Ivo Karlovic 3-6 7-6 6-3 in the first round of the Shanghai Masters.

American James Blake survived 27 aces from Ivo Karlovic Monday to post a 3-6, 7-6 , 6-3 victory into the second round of the Shanghai Masters, where he faces a test against top seed Rafael Nadal.

TOP seed Rafael Nadal was handed a tough task at the 2009 Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 when the draw was made at the Qizhong Tennis Center yesterday.

I had a chance to go through Steve Tignor's post on the recent Davis Cup encounter between Ivo Karlovic and Radek Stepanek.

Novak Djokovic was the first men's seed into the second round of the $6.6 million China Open on Monday after an absorbing if not high quality 6-3 7-5 victory over Victor Hanescu.

Serbia's Novak Djokovic opened his China Open campaign with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Romania's Victor Hanescu.

Shahar Peer won the GDD-Guangzhou International Women's Open, beating Alberta Brianti 6-3 6-4 in Guangzhou, China Melinda Czink beat Lucie Safarova 4-6 6-3 7-5 to win the Bell Challenge in Quebec City, Canada Evgeny Korolev beat Florent Serra 6-4 6-3 to win the Pekao Szczecin Open in Szczecin, Poland DAVIS CUP World Group Semifinals Czech Republic ...

Memories are exceedingly short in sports, so it should come as no surprise that Washington Huskies fans are calling Saturday's 16-13 victory against USC the greatest upset in the school's history.

Czech Republic celebrate victory over Argentina in the Davis Cup quarter-finals in July.