New strategy to get Ivo to world #1. Every first and second serve, smack directly to the face of opponent, after 100 serves one is bound to maim and cripple the other player. Tennis!
@@owenbenjaminshapiro6285 that would be suicide against an angry Karlovic on a first serve.. Federer needs to carry groin guards or he'd lose his manliness 😁😆
@@ErikCB912 You got it exactly right man and on that surface if you run into somebody with a massive serve you can lose. I still remember Richard Krajicek taking down Pete Sampras one year because he was maybe the only guy on tour at that time that had a bigger heater than Pete.
@@ivandesantis858 Krajicek was playing out of his mind that Wimbledon, no one was going to beat him that year Shades of Cilic in the 2014 US Open. Sometimes a guy catches fire and that's it
Karlovic is simply the best with the serve! 135mph, with pinpoint accuracy - Roddick had no chance! But full marks to Roddick for being able to get out of the way - what great reflexes!
@@oc_g2236 Idk if you play tennis competitively but there are actually four different spots you try to hit on serves. Wide, T, forehand body and backhand body. You don't just hit body serves "down the middle", you aim for a specific spot where the returner won't be able to extend and hit a good return (objective is for them to get jammed up). If you just hit "down the middle", chances are you're serving directly into the returner's wheelhouse, making the serve ineffective.
"Roddick gets hit by a facial on a serve, and I have never seen that." Roddick smacked Nadal in the face with a serve at the 2004 USOPEN. How did Brad forget that one?
@@peteypablo09 It's not really semantics. Nadal was hit with a greatly reduced speed and it came at him from a side angle. The commentator is talking about a serve that goes directly into the face. Not a ball that's bounced of something else, giving a glancing blow to the face.
Well, Roddick won a slam with his serve and 30 other titles + being top 10 for the majority of his career. Ivo...? Welp, yeah. Neither Ivo nor Roddick is the best server, because Sampras existed - he was and still is the best server in the history of the sport.
Pete was amazing, no doubt..But I just had speed in my mind..Ofcourse if speed was everything then Greg Rusedski, Philippousis, Ivo etc would have won them all and Djoko, Agassi, Nadal wouldn't have ever....
Roger also didn’t win Gs match against Djokovic for 9 years and gs final for 13.5 years and people like you still pretend like he is bigger than tennis. If somebody is smashing winner with his return it is Novak Djokovic
@@juancarlosjuancarlos4629 dude... djokovic will never be Federer, not even if he wins 25 slams, just live with it... It's the same reason why everybody in the world knows McEnroe (7 slams) and nobody gives a f* about Wilander (7 slams)
@@msods djokovic doesn't need to be federer when he can go down as the greatest player out there on the court. Federer can stay the most popular but pros play to win and stats & records are all that really matter. Djokovic already has millions of fans all over the world he doesn't need people like you to remember him, history books will remember him as will rest of the world. He is playing to win just like federer, difference is, he is still winning and will overtake your idol.
@@adeebkhan7498 you don't understand what I'm trying to say... Djokovic is not an icon... How many football players have won more than Maradona? A lot... And they even scored 4-5 times his goals.. but Maradona is still considered the goat, and everybody knows his name, doesn't matter if they're football fans or not. I'm not dissing Djokovic, i respect him, and he deserves to become the most winning player ever. I'm just saying that when 20 years from now a kid will start playing tennis, his father will joke and say "wow! You look like Roger Federer"
@@msods for every particular fan their favourite is their icon. And who told you djokovic is not an icon. He inspires so many people around the world for what he has done coming from a war torn country. He isn't as popular as federer because of the bias and narrative against him by the tennis media and establishment. You just don't want to see it how big of an icon he really is in the world of sports. I am from India where tennis is almost non existent and yet he is my favourite sportsman of all time. He has enough fans all over the world who love him and know how big a personality he is. Maradona was an icon but the likes of messi and ronaldo are no less. As I already said the most important thing in professional sports is titles and victories. Public perception is just for fan following. In 20 years when kids see the record books and find djokovic with most records they will not care who was more popular or had more fans. Basic motive behind people becoming professional athletes is not to get fame and become an icon, it is winning, they want to be the best in their field. And all I and even nole cares about is winning as many titles as he can. He is enough of an icon and a great person off the court. Those who see it see it, those that don't support him know deep down that he is the best on that court and that is all that really matters. Tennis is a professional sport, not a popularity contest. That is all I have to say. You can continue to believe whatever else you want to. Also I see this pattern so often. When federer had all records he was termed greatest by his fans like you coz of his records, now when all his records are getting broken one by one his fans are always using arguments like how popular or iconic he is. That is called shifting the goal post. History only remembers the greatest. Winning is all that matters in the long term.
@@abrahamlincoln1677 Of course. After the bounce the speed lowers aprox 54% and it has only 45% of it´s initial speed when it hits the opponet´s racket. That´s with every single serve in tennis.
That looks pretty impressive. But one point I want to make is: What's the point of having a match if everyone is concentrating taking out the opponent in the serve? Isn't the whole point of having a tournament is to play the whole match? I feel like this kind of defeats the purpose of it.
I don't miss those years at all. The Sampras era of serve and volley was boring as hell and thank God Federer and Nadal saved us from the Roddicks and Karlovics of the future.
Marc S. Yes, thank god we have long strategic baseline rallies that end with capitalizing on that one mistake that the other player is waiting for. The tennis world needed Novak and Andy!
@@paulthompson9668 So you mean you would like to watch less tennis during tennis matches? Also, serve and volley is literally the style of play that benefits the less talented players because it requires less skills and involves a HUGE component of luck.
From someone in the business, trust me. Serve and volley requires an insane amount of control, intuition, reaction time, and boldness. Part of it is luck. But mostly luck? No way. It takes serious skills.
Nope, It's a body serve, djoker's got no chance. He's only good at backhand returns from powerful servers. I bet Federer would've returned it with slice.
Federer is a good returner, like all his game is class, but I think your comment would have been better to instead say Murray or Djokovic. They are the best returners of all.
@@VinsUplifting I think the speed gun very often shows the wrong speed for Ivo because of his height. The ball comes down from a weird angle so the calculation isnt correct. I watched many of his matches where he obliterates the ball and the speed gun shows something like 125.
@@mmm6325 Great point! Just recently i seen that Opelka hit a 240 at the Australian Open, it was measured by hawkeye (not the speed gun) so the speed is real. I don't think that Karlovic was serving that much slower when he was at his peak serving abitlities around 2005. It wouldn't surprise me if the serve in this video was in fact something like 235 kph...
look at the way he laughs it off, even with people in the crowd sitting right there - pretty girls even! - laughing. this is why America is Great, folks. Above the personal pride! Wish you would just take the page from our book.... but you can't. It's too bad. Guess that leave you with the "L" :L
I'd argue that apart from Fed and Nadal, it is Djokovic who for the last 2 years has no other real opponents at all. Even in Fed's peak era many matches as I saw it were tough. And with Fed and Nadal not playing often, it is truly a very weak era in the modern day, with no next gen to even challenge Djokovic. The only ones who truly beat Djokovic last year was Nadal on clay and that Lineswoman (LOL!). Thiem, Kyrgios, Medvedev, Nishikori, Zverev and others are only capable of pulling occasional upsets. Tell me, who is even remotely capable of fighting Djokovic now?
Toxic. Not everyone can have a Big 3 career, and tennis would not be a sport without the rest of the players. GTFO with this elitism, go watch football or something as it's more in line with those kind of values.
Karlovic almost won the match with one serve
one serve man
@@JayYeasmin yessir
Ace on a whole new level
literally ..,,... good that he didn't retire due to any injury
🤭
New strategy to get Ivo to world #1. Every first and second serve, smack directly to the face of opponent, after 100 serves one is bound to maim and cripple the other player. Tennis!
Dean Martin serve returns will now be you holding the racket in front of your head and hoping there isn't a serve fast enough to break your strings
i would like but its 69 likes
@@bsrussian It's 289 now. Go ahead and like, if u want to.
@@pasunurusaivineeth3739 thanks
Then you'd just aim for another vital organ.
If ths was grass court he was bound to get hit on nuts
Yeah lol
that would require hospitalization...
or the shin
Yep, Roddick would've ended with three balls!
@@YJ-br7ughe would have been dead on arrival
Roddick getting a taste of his own medicine !
2004 US Open Nadal sends his regards
It's quite optimistic from Roddick to stand on the baseline while returning that monster serve :D
this, I think Karlovic was trying to make a point.
Agassi would.
I'd like to see Roger pull a SABR against that
@@owenbenjaminshapiro6285 that would be suicide against an angry Karlovic on a first serve..
Federer needs to carry groin guards or he'd lose his manliness 😁😆
I once heard Lleyton Hewitt after getting eliminated by him in a Wimbledon match describe the Ivo serve as a guy in a tree with a bazooka
What an amazing analogy
I remember that. That was the only time a Wimbledon defending champion ever lost in the first round.
@@ErikCB912 You got it exactly right man and on that surface if you run into somebody with a massive serve you can lose. I still remember Richard Krajicek taking down Pete Sampras one year because he was maybe the only guy on tour at that time that had a bigger heater than Pete.
@@ivandesantis858 Krajicek was playing out of his mind that Wimbledon, no one was going to beat him that year
Shades of Cilic in the 2014 US Open. Sometimes a guy catches fire and that's it
@@DanielSong39 Excellent comparison but believe it or not Krajicek has a lifetime 6-4 head to head record vs Sampras.
Karlovic is simply the best with the serve! 135mph, with pinpoint accuracy - Roddick had no chance!
But full marks to Roddick for being able to get out of the way - what great reflexes!
How is that pinpoint accuracy he just hit right down the middle
@@oc_g2236 Body serve
@@DanielSong39 actually down the middle it’s not hard
@@oc_g2236 Idk if you play tennis competitively but there are actually four different spots you try to hit on serves. Wide, T, forehand body and backhand body. You don't just hit body serves "down the middle", you aim for a specific spot where the returner won't be able to extend and hit a good return (objective is for them to get jammed up). If you just hit "down the middle", chances are you're serving directly into the returner's wheelhouse, making the serve ineffective.
@@oc_g2236 Nathan is correct. Body serves are much more complicated than "down the middle." It's a real strategy
The ball came to him with the bullet speed. If Roddick would've bend it like Neo did in 'The Matrix' and that would've been more entertaining.
The Chronicles of Roddick: Reloaded
That serve open a wormhole and now it’s traveling thru time and space! 😂 holy guacamole! 🤣
Ahhh... I remember the West Indies used this tactic very well in the 80-90s. I mean they were playing cricket... But it still worked
@Faisal Siraj the days of Michael Holding and Malcolm Marshall 🔥
Is that the Donald Bradman bodyline tactic?
135 MPH serve not fast enough. Andy was still able to duck it. Obviously Ivo needs to try a bit harder
0:01 last serve is 136 mph
It wasn't bodyline..
But this was
Also roddick didn't get ready for that properly..
So it isn't the speed but more great serve line and an unforced error from roddick s part..
That's karma Roddick
"Roddick gets hit by a facial on a serve, and I have never seen that." Roddick smacked Nadal in the face with a serve at the 2004 USOPEN. How did Brad forget that one?
A little different maybe because instead of going directly towards the face, that one bounced off of his racket and onto the face I believe
But you are right. Semantics. Good memory haha
@@peteypablo09 It's not really semantics. Nadal was hit with a greatly reduced speed and it came at him from a side angle. The commentator is talking about a serve that goes directly into the face. Not a ball that's bounced of something else, giving a glancing blow to the face.
Yupp, the supposedly weak era
Roddick played really well on the ATP tour last year. My favourite player.
Huh? Roddick retired from the tour years ago.
Reminds me of the video of Roddick hitting Nadal in the face with a serve.
135 MPH, That is 15 Miles faster than Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi.
Karlovic knows to aim for the head.
Sampras hit 139 in 1998 I read. He was normally in the 120s though which is fast enough!
Someone said Roddick as the best server ever on UA-cam and I replied "nope, Ivo is.." and here I am, seeing this, a day after..... life..
Well, Roddick won a slam with his serve and 30 other titles + being top 10 for the majority of his career. Ivo...? Welp, yeah.
Neither Ivo nor Roddick is the best server, because Sampras existed - he was and still is the best server in the history of the sport.
Pete was amazing, no doubt..But I just had speed in my mind..Ofcourse if speed was everything then Greg Rusedski, Philippousis, Ivo etc would have won them all and Djoko, Agassi, Nadal wouldn't have ever....
@@rockysoft2227 I think Isner has better serve than both really.
Algorithm.
they both have fantastic serve...
Roddick was getting a taste of his own medicine. He gets to experience how it feels for other players to receive his serve.
You can notice his last serve was a 136mph serve...
What a serve...........hard....raw...........just Epic...
Roddick looks like short version Isner
Andy Roddick tasted a little bit of his venom here.
roger just puts the raquet in front of his face and hits winner. *walks away casually*
Roger also didn’t win Gs match against Djokovic for 9 years and gs final for 13.5 years and people like you still pretend like he is bigger than tennis. If somebody is smashing winner with his return it is Novak Djokovic
@@juancarlosjuancarlos4629 dude... djokovic will never be Federer, not even if he wins 25 slams, just live with it... It's the same reason why everybody in the world knows McEnroe (7 slams) and nobody gives a f* about Wilander (7 slams)
@@msods djokovic doesn't need to be federer when he can go down as the greatest player out there on the court. Federer can stay the most popular but pros play to win and stats & records are all that really matter. Djokovic already has millions of fans all over the world he doesn't need people like you to remember him, history books will remember him as will rest of the world. He is playing to win just like federer, difference is, he is still winning and will overtake your idol.
@@adeebkhan7498 you don't understand what I'm trying to say... Djokovic is not an icon...
How many football players have won more than Maradona? A lot... And they even scored 4-5 times his goals.. but Maradona is still considered the goat, and everybody knows his name, doesn't matter if they're football fans or not.
I'm not dissing Djokovic, i respect him, and he deserves to become the most winning player ever. I'm just saying that when 20 years from now a kid will start playing tennis, his father will joke and say "wow! You look like Roger Federer"
@@msods for every particular fan their favourite is their icon. And who told you djokovic is not an icon. He inspires so many people around the world for what he has done coming from a war torn country. He isn't as popular as federer because of the bias and narrative against him by the tennis media and establishment. You just don't want to see it how big of an icon he really is in the world of sports. I am from India where tennis is almost non existent and yet he is my favourite sportsman of all time. He has enough fans all over the world who love him and know how big a personality he is.
Maradona was an icon but the likes of messi and ronaldo are no less. As I already said the most important thing in professional sports is titles and victories. Public perception is just for fan following.
In 20 years when kids see the record books and find djokovic with most records they will not care who was more popular or had more fans. Basic motive behind people becoming professional athletes is not to get fame and become an icon, it is winning, they want to be the best in their field. And all I and even nole cares about is winning as many titles as he can. He is enough of an icon and a great person off the court. Those who see it see it, those that don't support him know deep down that he is the best on that court and that is all that really matters. Tennis is a professional sport, not a popularity contest.
That is all I have to say. You can continue to believe whatever else you want to.
Also I see this pattern so often. When federer had all records he was termed greatest by his fans like you coz of his records, now when all his records are getting broken one by one his fans are always using arguments like how popular or iconic he is. That is called shifting the goal post. History only remembers the greatest. Winning is all that matters in the long term.
When Andy freaking Roddick is impressed by a serve, you know the server is pretty good 🥲
Roddick had the most funky quirky motions on every stroke. Even his volleys looked funky. Still cool somehow
If I were Karlovic, I would practice only body serves. Just need to land one to win the match by TKO!
This would have gave him black eye for sure.
The alpha move would be to head buttit into the ground xD
You mean the ICU move, cause that's where it'd land him xD
Karma in action- (Andy's scared more than a few players himself).
Ironic considering Roddick is one of the best servers ever.
I think, in the next game the opponent fear about Roddick ace 🔥🔥
Roddick lost his head.
His previous serve was 136 mph 😳
Imagine if Roddick had Karloviç or Isner's height... Devastating serves
Yeah, but he would have been slower on the court. Mayber never reaching 1 spot on the ranking
He would never have won that 1 slam and 30 other titles if he had Ivo or Isner's height. Probably wouldn't even get a wife like Brooklyn Decker.
Dayummm! That was a missile.
If this was on grass he would be called just Rod from then on
Dodgeball: the sequel
Once Roddick hit a 141 mph serve against Nadal´s face (the ball hit Nadal´s racket frame and then went to his cheek).
And Nadal stands way behind the baseline when he returns serve.
If it hit the frame first, then he didn't hit a 141 mph serve against his face.
@@abrahamlincoln1677 Of course. After the bounce the speed lowers aprox 54% and it has only 45% of it´s initial speed when it hits the opponet´s racket. That´s with every single serve in tennis.
@@miguelbarahona6636 So as you can see, a 141 mph ball did not hit his face. I'm glad we agree.
@@abrahamlincoln1677 We agree it was a 141 mph serve.
Bad strategy considering Rodders averages 135 Mph serves 😂
Literally dodged a bullet
Ive seen Ivo serve court side during the US open practice...its nasty!!!
thats what you get when staying at baseline while other guy serves 200kmh
He wanted to win with K.O. xD :D
it's all meme until he doesn't dodge next time
Lets not act here in the comments like Roddick couldnt serve 135, in fact he might has a better serve than Karlovic
Lolno, not even close.
there are very little people with such a strong, fast or precise serve, and only Ivo with the full combo
@@trikmandularlgaming2026 Strong and fast are the same
Roddick's serve is known for its power, usually travelling at around 130-150 mph (209~242 km/h) and often unreturnable.
Wikipedia agrees.
@@agontprevarator5214 shut your FU*CK UP
Rodick was a shooter but Karlovic... was a killer! 😂😂
Probably the biggest server the game has ever seen. He was 6'11", so he didn't need much effort or skill to hit a big serve.
Doctor Ivo Evil Karlovic. The one shot sensation.bravo.
Look at Karlovic man, so inspirational
The serve: 135
Roddicks reflex: 136
135 mph= 217 kmh
body serve? Nah, head serve
Looked like the ball was on its way to the mans neck! Would've had to forfeit and go to hospital..!!
Reminded me of when George Bush got out of the way when that press reporter hurled his shoe at him 😂
That looks pretty impressive. But one point I want to make is: What's the point of having a match if everyone is concentrating taking out the opponent in the serve? Isn't the whole point of having a tournament is to play the whole match? I feel like this kind of defeats the purpose of it.
I don't miss those years at all. The Sampras era of serve and volley was boring as hell and thank God Federer and Nadal saved us from the Roddicks and Karlovics of the future.
Marc S. Yes, thank god we have long strategic baseline rallies that end with capitalizing on that one mistake that the other player is waiting for. The tennis world needed Novak and Andy!
@@paulthompson9668 So you mean you would like to watch less tennis during tennis matches? Also, serve and volley is literally the style of play that benefits the less talented players because it requires less skills and involves a HUGE component of luck.
@@Nifava Obviously you don't play tennis. Either that or...good trolling!
@@paulthompson9668 Zverev also doesn't play tennis because he tried it for 36 months and said serve and volley is 50% luck.
From someone in the business, trust me. Serve and volley requires an insane amount of control, intuition, reaction time, and boldness. Part of it is luck. But mostly luck? No way. It takes serious skills.
Now we get 149 from Shelton...😅
Roddick served 155 too, and there's Sam Groth who hit I believe 163.
Truly Dr Evil
Fed takes it on the rise for a one-handed backhand winner down the line. Just sayin.
Curiously, (truly, just curious), who won the match?
Easy to serve when you're 6'6 and hitting down.
Man Karlovic is literally almost 7 feet tall hahaha
He is 6'11. So 7ft in shoes lol
Brad Gilbert didn't hype that up enough.
Maybe he wanted Roddick to get hit since it was right after their split 🤣
Djokovic would have probably returned it straight back to karlovics feet🤣🤣
Nope, It's a body serve, djoker's got no chance. He's only good at backhand returns from powerful servers.
I bet Federer would've returned it with slice.
I dont think so. Karlovic has a winning record against Djokovic 3:1.
Good joke 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Amazing!
Is this why karlovic only serves aces down the line and wide and no body shots
I agree...one trick pony. Not enough to really make the mark.
Alternative title instead of decapitate put DISCOMBOBULATE
Please if you have the full matches, please share
151 mph is the fastest ever tennis serve
Nope, Sam Groth hit 163, Roddick hit 155, both Karlovic and Isner hit 155+.
@@GoneBoi99 wrong
he shouldn't be standing so close to the baseline
normally you are supposed to be to catch the ball on the bounce while it is still in the strike zone
Karlovic's serve angle is so high that if he stood back it would bounce over his head
yeah but its also not wise to stand 1000m behind the baseline like Rafa nadal
Boris Becker was serving at this speed long time ago
No,he wasn't.And your knowledge of tennis is just poor.
@@amradzinovic4086 Tennis is not only about a big serve ,,and karpovic was only able to do that
Lmao that would have stung for a second and nothing else after that. Shake it off and keep playing like nothing happened.
I was once hit straight the face by a smash it didnt hurt I just didnt feel my jaw for a minute
So I agree
0:05 ball girl missed the scene
If he's not dead it does not count.
cant you upload the full match of this? please?
was this Washington were Roddick beat 5 guys taller than him on the way to the title
And I wouldn't be surprised if Federer would return it :) ;).
Federer is a good returner, like all his game is class, but I think your comment would have been better to instead say Murray or Djokovic. They are the best returners of all.
That title lol
Looked like about 145 MPH .
Indeed, that was a lot quicker than 135.. In that match Roddick only did 142 and he was hitting 150 at that time, the speed gun was very slow.
@@VinsUplifting I think the speed gun very often shows the wrong speed for Ivo because of his height. The ball comes down from a weird angle so the calculation isnt correct. I watched many of his matches where he obliterates the ball and the speed gun shows something like 125.
@@mmm6325 Great point! Just recently i seen that Opelka hit a 240 at the Australian Open, it was measured by hawkeye (not the speed gun) so the speed is real. I don't think that Karlovic was serving that much slower when he was at his peak serving abitlities around 2005. It wouldn't surprise me if the serve in this video was in fact something like 235 kph...
someday tennis players will wear a helmet
😊😊😊
Still love when Roddick drilled Nadal with a super serve
Yep 22>1,love it forever
Players like this result in boring games. Have a minimum weight spec for rackets or make balls slower.
Dr. Ivo by TKO
If it was me i would've just blocked it. He needs to move his feet more
@KingInTheNorth i would have moved my feet more he needs to block the serve back
discombobulate
Whats crazy is Federer would've returned it!
What year was this? 05?
+Adam Drake Yes, Washington DC.
aint a big serve for tallest guy in tennis
look at the way he laughs it off, even with people in the crowd sitting right there - pretty girls even! - laughing. this is why America is Great, folks. Above the personal pride!
Wish you would just take the page from our book.... but you can't. It's too bad. Guess that leave you with the "L" :L
Uhh, you good my dog?
A facial? Lol
weak era champ's biggest opponent in lame 2004-07 era - Roddick, lmao. Djokovic later showed Federer who is boss crushing for a decade and counting
I'd argue that apart from Fed and Nadal, it is Djokovic who for the last 2 years has no other real opponents at all. Even in Fed's peak era many matches as I saw it were tough. And with Fed and Nadal not playing often, it is truly a very weak era in the modern day, with no next gen to even challenge Djokovic. The only ones who truly beat Djokovic last year was Nadal on clay and that Lineswoman (LOL!). Thiem, Kyrgios, Medvedev, Nishikori, Zverev and others are only capable of pulling occasional upsets. Tell me, who is even remotely capable of fighting Djokovic now?
Djokovic fans whoring for attention literally everywhere lol
Why so many recent posts?
Yeah, was a bit surprised too, somebody must have shared it on twitter or something like that.
@@VinsUplifting nah its youtube recommendation doing its work
What did Roddick say at 0:16?
+mmm6325 I think it's "get out of here"
He said: "135 mph right in..."
@@Liasos88 I asked what Roddick said not the commentator lol
PLEASE, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO HIS SKIN IF HE DIDNT DUCK
Great serve but he didn’t have much of a career so...who cares?
Toxic. Not everyone can have a Big 3 career, and tennis would not be a sport without the rest of the players. GTFO with this elitism, go watch football or something as it's more in line with those kind of values.
He earned 10 mil from the prize money alone. I wouldnt complain.
10 years later and Gilbert is still dishing out god-awful commentary. Please retire Brad! You're awful to listen to!