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Barrage of aces not enough for Dr. Ivo

By Greg Garber
ESPN.com

Sunday, May 24, 2009

PARIS -- As matchups go, Ivo Karlovic is a nightmare for Lleyton Hewitt. At 6-foot-10, the Croatian stands more than a foot taller that the gritty Australian, which makes returning serve problematic. If the first serve -- whizzing in from a towering height above the court, sometimes at better than 215 kilometers per hour (133-plus mph) -- doesn't get Hewitt, the kicker that comes next often bounces higher than his head. On a toasty opening day at Roland Garros on Sunday, Doctor Ivo's ...

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