Novak Djokovic has been surprisingly knocked out of the Qatar Open by World No. 27, Ivo Karlovic.
Karlovic took two hours and 15 minutes, to secure a 6-7(2) 7-6(6) 6-4 victory over the Serbian despite playing under intense wind condition.
“I was feeling good despite the wind. I know he wasn’t able to show his full range.” Karlovic told BBC.
“I was relaxed and didn’t feel I had to do anything extraordinary. I just had to focus on my game.”
The Croatian will now advance to the Doha semi-finals, facing Spain’s David Ferrer who defeated world number 43 Dustin Brown with a 6-2, 6-2 victory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cm-M26yZCs
Here are the results from the Men’s singles in the Quarter-final matches:
Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) defeated Richard Gasquet (France) 6-2 6-1
Andreas Seppi (Italy) defeated Ivan Dodig (Croatia) 7-5 6-4
Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) defeated Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 6-7(2) 7-6(6) 6-4
David Ferrer (Spain) defeated Dustin Brown (Germany) 6-2 6-2
Photo Credits : Daily Star
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