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 SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Ivo Karlovic rode a wave of aces to a 7-6 (5), 7-5 semifinal victory over Benjamin Becker on Saturday in the SAP Open, where the 6-foot-10 Croat is looking for his first ATP title.
"I was serving really good and it was the key to all my victories here, but also in the crucial moments, I returned also well," Karlovic said.
Big serves continued to be the key for the unseeded Karlovic, who also knocked out seeded Americans James Blake and Mardy Fish. Karlovic had 27 aces against Germany's Becker, who could do little more than guess at the direction of many of Karlovic's first and second serves.
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