My serve is a match for Murray, says ace king Karlovic


  • Tennis
  • Friday, 27 May 2016

Ivo Karlovic of Croatia reacts after winning his match against Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka at the Swiss Indoors ATP men's tennis tournament in Basel, Switzerland October 28, 2015 in this file picture. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

PARIS (Reuters) - Andy Murray's French Open has already been a hair-raising ride and things are unlikely to get much simpler on Friday as Ivo Karlovic trains his mighty serve on the world number two.

Karlovic, 37, may be the oldest man to reach the third round of a grand slam for 25 years, but his thunderbolt delivery is still a match for anyone, even one of the game's great returners, the Croat insists.

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