Karlovic beats Kyrgios for ATP semis age milestone
Croatia's 39-year-old Ivo Karlovic became the oldest ATP semi-finalist since Jimmy Connors in 1993 by rallying past Australian Nick Kyrgios at the US Men's Clay Court Championships.
World number 88 Karlovic blasted 18 aces to defeat the 22-year-old Aussie fourth seed 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 in 92 minutes, advancing to a Saturday matchup against US eighth seed Tennys Sandgren, who advanced to his first ATP semi-final by rallying past Argentina's Guido Pella, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.
Not since Connors reached the last four at San Francisco a quarter-century ago has so old a player reached an ATP last four.
Karlovic could become the oldest ATP finalist since Ken Rosewall won the 1977 Hong Kong title at age 43.
"It's definitely a huge win. I lost against him every match up until now," Karlovic said. "I'm really happy that I won today."
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