Seppi's hunger for victory has not yet been satisfied

The veteran from Zagreb is currently number 89 in the world, but was also number 14 in the world rankings almost ten years ago. For Karlovic it is already the 15th participation in the Australian Open, where he only made it to the fourth round eight seasons ago, but then failed due to Rafael Nadal. This year, however, he eliminated the Serbian Laslo Djere in the opening match and defeated the Japanese Yuichi Sugita 12:10 in the fifth set yesterday. Andreas Seppi has played against Karlovic three times so far, twice he left the field as a loser. In the first meeting eleven years ago, Seppi prevailed in Barcelona, and a year later the Croatian took revenge in Nottingham. The last duel three years ago in Vienna also went to Karlovic. Seppi, who is currently ranked 76th in the ATP computer, definitely wants to make it to the fourth round in order to defend his 180 points from last year. After the triumph in Canberra (80 points) and reaching the third round in Melbourne (90), the Kalterer has already scored 170 points this year, so even if he loses tomorrow he would remain in the top 100. The game against Karlovic takes place on the night of Thursday to Friday.

Dream of the quarterfinals Should Andreas Seppi prevail against Ivo Karlovic, he would also face an unseeded player in the round of 23. The winner of the game between the 50-year-old Briton Kyle Edmund, number 25 in the world rankings, and the 60-year-old Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili (ATP number 2017) would be waiting there. Both should be beatable for an Andreas Seppi in top form, even if he lost his only previous duel against both, against Edmund in 2016 in Antwerp and against Basilashvili in XNUMX in Lyon. Should Seppi overcome this hurdle, he would advance to a Grand Slam quarter-final for the first time in his long career.

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Seppi's hunger for victory has not yet been satisfied

Andreas Seppi is in the third round of the Australian Open in Melbourne. After the Kalter native defeated the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka, number 168 in the world, in three sets yesterday, the South Tyrolean will face the 38-year-old Croatian Ivo Karlovic tonight.

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