Ivo Karlović

The oldest man in the singles draw at the French Open has prevailed over one of the youngest.

The 38-year-old Ivo Karlovic, who is also known for his big serve and 6-foot-11 (2.11-meter) stature, advanced to the second round with a 7-6 (5), 7-5, 6-4 win over teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas.

For the third time in the last four seasons, Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov reached the semi-finals of the tennis tournament in Stockholm.

After winning the title in 2013 and reaching the final in 2014, Bulgaria's top player found a place among the best 4.

TOKYO - Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic has been knocked out the Tokyo ATP tennis tournament after losing to Croatia's Ivo Karlovic 7-6 (11-9), 7-6 (7-5) in the round of last 16 Thursday.

In a bid to reach the semi-finals, Karlovic will face Frenchman Gael Monfils, who beat compatriot Gilles Simon 6-1, 6-4.

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TOKYO - Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic has got off to a successful start at the Tokyo ATP tennis tournament after beating Taro Daniel of Japan 6-2, 6-4 on Tuesday.

Tipsarevic won after 82 minutes of play and will next face Ivo Karlovic of Croatia, who beat Argentine Federico Delbonis in the first round.

Tipsarevic and Karlovic are 1-1 head-to-head.

Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov proceeded to the final of the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open tennis tournament after defeating Ivo Karlovic from Croatia on Saturday.

The highest ranking Bulgarian male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov proceeded to the semifinals of the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open.

It took him slightly less than one hour and twenty minutes to reach his second consecutive semifinal in Istanbul.

In a match from the third round played on Friday, Dimitrov defeated Jiri Vesely from the Czech Republic with 7:6 (1), 6:1.

Bulgaria's top male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov suffered a heavy defeat and was ousted in the first round of Roland Garros on Tuesday.

Dimitrov was defeated by Jack Sock from the USA with 6:7 (7), 2:6, 3:6, failing to achieve a break, daily Dnevnik reports.

DOHA - World's best tennis player Novak Djokovic did not manage to qualify for the Doha ATP semifinal as he lost the quarterfinal match on Thursday to Croatia's Ivo Karlovic, 6-7 (2-7), 7-6 (8-6), 6-4.

Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov will look to forget this year's French Open quickly, after suffering a disappointing loss (4:6, 5:7, 6:7) to Ivo Karlovic in the first round.

Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov drew a fairly difficult opponent, Ivo Karlovic, for the first round of the French Open.

Dimitrov has played the 211-cm Croatian twice so far, each of them winning once. Their previous meeting was just last week in Rome, when the Bulgarian won 7:6, 6:4.