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Yesterday, Karlovic played Lacko, who opened the season badly, did horribly in Zagreb, and came here as the underdog. That is irrelevant against Karlovic, at least in the beginning. The Slovak had two set points followed by loss of confidence, as expected. More importantly for us, neither player stood a chance against opponent's serve in the first 9 games. Krajiced might even make for a better bet than Lacko. The American lost one service game in three sets yesterday - when serving for the match. If he had managed to stay calm, he would have been completely dominant in his service game. He has strong serve and is a leftie, which is always good indoors. I'm opting for the games over in the first set with the option of the set finishing in a tie-break. The American will maybe have some problems mentally after that, just like Lacko, but Karlovic will need time to find rhythm in return against a leftie.