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Karlovic cruises into the QFS of Delray Beach Tournament

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Second-seeded Croatian Ivo Karlovic reached the second round of the Delray Beach Championships; James Blake and Mardy Fish also made it.

Ivo Karlovic rallied past his way to victory against Daniel Brands with a 7-6 (8) 7-6 (6) score line. During this match, Karlovic unleashed 26 aces to derail the progress of Brands and made it look simple in the end as he surged his way to the second round of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships on Thursday.

Looking satisfied over his performance, Karlovic said, “It was a close match, but I feel that on his serve I had more opportunities than him.” He further added “in the tiebreakers I was a little bit more with concentration so I won.”

In another match, seventh-seeded James Blake of USA earned the berth in the quarterfinal after defeating Robin Haase of the Netherlands 6-3 6-1. Defending Champion American, Mardy Fish, sailed through the second round after securing an easy win over Mischa Zverev of Germany 6-2 6-4.

Mardy reflected on the match, as he quoted, “When it mattered, I got a few points when I needed to. I got it my own way there in the second after a couple of breaks of serve. I got them back right away, so he wasn’t able to gain momentum at all in the second set. It was kind of ugly tennis at some points, but I don’t care. I’ll take it.”

In an exciting match, fourth-seeded Frenchman Jeremy Chardy made it into the last eight by defeating Santiago Giraldo of Colombia with a 7-5  4-6 7-5. Ernests Gulbis of Latvia also surged into the quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Teimuraz Gabashvili of Russia.

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Atlanta Tennis Championships, Men Singles  Final
19:00
Final
 Mardy Fish (USA) Winner 2 4 6 77
John Isner (USA) 1 6 4 64
Fish - Isner    4 - 6    6 - 4    7 - 6   
Served By: J Isner Won By: Fish
Game J Isner to M Fish : IN, Winner: Fish!!! After a short rally Isner sends a forehand long
  J Isner to M Fish : Fault. First serve goes into the net.
4-6   J Isner to M Fish : ACE, Winner: Isner!!! J Isner aims ace down the T
6-3   M Fish to J Isner : IN, Winner: Fish!!! Isner pushes forehand return over the line
5-3   M Fish to J Isner : IN, Winner: Fish!!! Isner Backhand return goes wayward
3-4   J Isner to M Fish : IN, Winner: Isner!!! Isner hits a delightful forehand winner down the line and crowd enjoys it too
4-2   M Fish to J Isner : IN, Winner: Isner!!! Isner sends a thumping forehand winner down the line
4-1   M Fish to J Isner : IN, Winner: Isner!!! Isner produces a raking forehand down the line and Fish fails to control it
  M Fish to J Isner : Fault. M Fish serve lands outside the service line.
4-0   M Fish to J Isner : IN, Winner: Fish!!! Quick serve in the middle, Isner fails to read it
0-3   J Isner to M Fish : IN, Winner: Fish!!! Isner backhand finds way into the net
  J Isner to M Fish : Fault. J Isner serve lands outside the service line.
0-2   J Isner to M Fish : IN, Winner: Fish!!! After a short rally Isner sends a forehand long
  J Isner to M Fish : Fault. J Isner serve lands outside the service line.
  J Isner to M Fish : Fault. First serve goes into the net.
Fish - Isner    4 - 6    6 - 4    6 - 6   
Served By: J Isner Won By: Isner
Game ACE, Winner: Isner!!! ACE! J Isner brings out big serve
40-0   IN, Winner: Isner!!! Fish pushes backhand over the line
  Fault. J Isner serve lands outside the service line.