Karlovic stuns Monfils in Cincinnati; Ljubicic, Ferrer, Safin advance

Croatian serving machine Ivo Karlovic smashed 21 aces en route to dismissing No. 13 seed Gael Monfils, 6-4, 6-7(5), 7-6(2), in two hours and 10 minutes on Monday afternoon to advance to the second round at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters 1000 in Cincinnati.

Things To Do At A Tennis Tournament

Imagine this: You are traveling from continent to continent. Live in hotels one week after the other. You work hard, you play matches , you eat something and it’s back to the hotel room. Week in, week out. Now that gets dull after a while. I don’t blame Marat Safin for being bored with the tour if you put it that way.

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