[Nathaliia]

So there is a thing related to tennis in which Ljuba is the real #2.

This is an exact Johansson's quote from the East London Challenger press conference,

“I think today Ivan probably has the second best serve on the tour. I reckon Ivo Karlovic is No 1 and Ivan is No 2,” said Johansson. “He not only has a big serve but he can place it anywhere and even fake his ball toss so he is very hard to play.”

 

[adee-gee]

Just goes to show how bad the rest of his game is :sport:

 

[Kolya]

Johansson is being kind to Ljubo

 

[KitinovRules]

Johansson is being kind to Ljubo

Of course , those two are very close friends. Their wifes got along very well also.
If they are at the same tournament, ussualy there is a dinner together of the families!

 

[CrossCourt13]

Karlovic does not have the best serve on tour, he has the most efficient one.
He can't kick it can't slice it he just has the power and angle, no variety whatsoever.

 

[Action Jackson]

Karlovic can kick them.

 

[CrossCourt13]

Can he? I don't remember seeing him do it.

 

[Action Jackson]

I have seen him do it a few times, but he doesn't normally need to.

He just uses his height and gets the angles most of the time.

 

[Horatio Caine]

Can he? I don't remember seeing him do it.

They can kick like a mule, if he wants to do it.

I remember a couple going over Ollie Rochus's head when they met at Notts a couple of years ago.

 

[Pea]

Where does he rank ducky?

 

[Federerhingis]

Where does he rank ducky?

Roddick's serve isn't as effective as it onced used to be, everyone has figured out how to block his serve and get it back and start the point on almost neutral ground. I reckon Roddicks second serve is more of a weapon overall in comparison. He actually has better days on his second serve than on his first serve overall sometimes. He needs to use more variety on his serve and most players can read his serve very well even his toss.

 

[Black Adam]

Roddick goes for the Serve winner most of the times which makes it easy for the opponent to guess where it's going and block or slice it back to neutrally start the point. However there are good serving days where he goes for angles with loads of variety but that's only like 2 matches per year (last year in USO quarters vs Federer and in DC final vs Tursunov)

 

[kiwi10is]

when I read the headline my first thought was.. what about Isner????

 

[Boris Franz Ecker]

when I read the headline my first thought was.. what about Isner????

He's not on tour

 

[Voo de Mar]

Karlovic? Maybe first serve, his second serve isn't very good.

 

[sheeter]

Almost being seven feet does tend to do that.

 

[Dimonator133]

He's not on tour

 

[Dimonator133]

Karlovic? Maybe first serve, his second serve isn't very good.

lol

 

[Dimonator133]

i guess this means ToJo must have lost?

 

[its.like.that]

Tojo is a fool.

And if Ljubo's serve is so good, why is he getting broken by low-level challenger players on a hardcourt?