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Karlovic smashes into second round

By Greg Garber
ESPN.com

Monday, June 21, 2004

WIMBLEDON, England -- A year ago Ivo Karlovic, the impossibly long Croatian qualifier, stunned Lleyton Hewitt in the first round at the All England Club. It was Karlovic's first Grand Slam match and, impossibly, it was the first time a top-seeded, defending champion lost here. On Monday, history predictably repeated itself. In another David-and-Goliath conquest, Karlovic took out No. 13 seed Paradorn Srichaphan 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. It's just that this David stands 6-foot-10. " ...

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