Aljaz found a good partner there.

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L32: Aljaz Bedene WR 54 v (6) Ivo Karlovic (CRO) WR 31 (CH 14 in 2008)

H2H 1-0 Vienna 2011 (Hard) 7-6(4) Ret 

On the face of it a pretty tough draw again, the obvious downside of entering the bigger events and bypassing the 250's where Aljaz himself would have been seeded. On the plus side, Karlovic has not won a match yet in 2016 and has barely played so hopefully there will be a little rust there. Aljaz himself has not won since Chennai and has some big points to defend in March so he could do with a good run here to kickstart his campaign.

-- Edited by theemptyvessel on Monday 22nd of February 2016 04:59:58 PM

Good point. Geography has (in case you couldn't tell) never been my strength. But one would have thought that even I could remember the route of the equator in Latin America, given that there's a rather strong hint!

Principle of hoping for a better result still stands, though. No mistake on that one

First set Aljaz 6-4, broke Ivo at 4-4 and served it out. Interestingly hitting more aces than Ivo too at 7 - 5.

Quite a feat, even for one set.

Aljaz won his doubles match too

R1 Aljaz Bedene & Gilles Muller (Lux) beat Wesley Koolhof & Matwe Middelkoop (Ned/Ned) 6-3 3-6 10-7

Yep, a very good day :D