A. Seppi – I. Karlovic / Australian Open – In the third round of the Australian Open the Italian A. Seppi and the Croat I. Karlovic meet in this match. Seppi has recently beaten Y. Nishioka without a lost set, while Karlovic needed five sets to eliminate Y. Sugita.

A. Seppi
Seppi has won three ATP titles in 16 years of professional career. The last time was 2012 in Belgrade and in Moscow. He also participated in five more ATP Finalis, but had no luck. The Italian is currently on the 73rd ATP ranked position, well below his best. In 2013 he was in 18th place.
Shortly before the start of the Australian Open Seppi played the qualifications in Doha, where he lost in the second round against M. Basic. He then played in the Challenge tournament in Canberra and took the title by eliminating M. Sucsovics in the final. In the second round of the Australian Open Seppi took less than two hours to beat Y. Nishioka (6: 1 6: 3 6: 4). The statistics were of course in favor of the Italian.

I. Karlovic
Karlovic slipped down the rankings last season and starts the Australian Open from 89th. In the middle of 2008, the Croat was in 14th place, which was his best finish. So far, he has won eight ATP titles, the last time in 2016 in Los Cabos and Newport.

Our Prediction: A.Seppi win @ 1.53