Ivo Karlovic and Go Soeda will meet on Sunday in what could be a decisive final singles rubber in the Japan versus Croatia Davis Cup clashYou can watch and bet on Karlovic v Soeda live for free at bet365 > live streaming > tennisIvo Karlovic has been enjoying a superb weekend representing Croatia in their Davis Cup matchup against Japan. The big serving veteran stepped into action this weekend with the scores a 1-0 in Japan’s favour, and managed to dominate rising star Kei Nishikori in three sets in the second singles rubber. Following on from this, he teamed up with Ivan Dodig to give Croatia the lead with a doubles victory on Saturday.
Speaking of his win against Nishikori, the Croat remarked, “I tried to mix a lot and not rally a lot with him. I try to win as quickly as I can on every point and I was trying to be as aggressive as I could.” He’ll surely use a similar approach in his reverse singles rubber against Go Soeda. Should Nishikori manage to beat Dodig on Sunday and level the scores at 2-2, this meeting will be a decider.
Soeda will need to scrap for every point on Karlovic’s serve, or he’ll suffer the same fate as his team-mate. Still, seeing as he regarded his last success as his “best win ever”, he should be in the right frame of mind to take on the world No. 43. That will help, but he’s going to have to produce another memorable display to cause a second upset.
