Tennis / Ben Caudell / 22 June 2011 / Leave a comment Bet Now View Market

Ivo Karlovic has been known to fire down aces with absurd regularity but his game isn't sharp at the moment bu the same can't be said of Lukasz Kubot. The stats suggest there may be an upset, says Ben Caudell.

5 Reasons to Back

Lukasz Kubot (POL) to defeat Ivo Karlovic (CRO) @ [3.50]

•Polish No. 1 Lukasz Kubot has a World Ranking of 94 compared with Karlovic, who is currently ranked 143

•Kubot holds a 1-0 head-to-head series lead over his opponent, a 7-6 6-2 win in Belgrade 2009

•Kubot is in great form coming into today's match-up with the Croatian; he has won 12 of his last 14matches, four in a row on grass, and four of his last five in five set matches, whereas Karlovic has lost five of his last six overall,

•Karlovic made it through to the 2nd round at the All England Championships by way of a retirement by Tipsarevic in the first round. The 6'10" big server's only other match on the grass this year was a loss in round one at Queens to Kevin Anderson. Kubot on the other hand made it through the qualifying rounds and has won his last four matches in a row at Wimbledon.

•Lukasz has a positive 6-3 record against big servers

3-0 lay of the day - Lay Andy Roddick 3-0 v Victor Hanescu @ [1.63]

•From Andy Roddick's last 12 matches at Wimbledon, only three have been won in straight sets

•Victor Hanescu has won 6 of his last 7 matches against Big Servers