By Chris Oddo | Saturday, March 9, 2019
Ageless Ivo Karlovic made history at 40 as the oldest man to win a Masters match. We go inside the numbers of a wild day at Indian Wells.
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Keeping up with the game of tennis, by the numbers. Each day at Tennis Now we’ll give you a fresh set—today we’ll go over all the haps on a busy Saturday at Indian Wells.
38
Number of aces served by Dr. Ivo Karlovic in two rounds at Indian Wells. The 40-year-old became the first player since Jimmy Connors in 1995 to win match beyond the age of 40. Karlovic is also the oldest player to win a match in Masters 1000 history.
1
Number of top-10 wins earned by Felix Auger-Aliassime after today’s triumph over Stefanos Tsitsipas. The 18-year-old jumps to 9-5 on the season and will face either Roberto Bautista Agut or Yoshihito Nishioka in round three.
217
The ranking of Marcos Giron, who becomes the lowest-ranked player to reach the third round of a Masters 1000 event since—you guessed it—Dr. Ivo Karlovic in 2011 (Ivo was 239 at the time).
19-5
Aryna Sabalenka’s record in three-setters in her last 24 tilts. The World No.9 bageled Ajla Tomljanovic in the third set today to book a third-round clash with Lesia Tsurenko.
1
Number of women that have successfully defended the BNP Paribas Open title. Only Martina Navratilova has achieved the feat, in 1991. Naomi Osaka is bidding to make it two this year.
2
Number of women that have a shot to overtake Naomi Osaka for the WTA’s No.1 ranking at Indian Wells. Simona Halep needs to reach at least the finals, while Karolina Pliskova needs to win the title (and have Osaka lose her first match). Petra Kvitova and Sloane Stephens were in the running, but both crashed out in the second round.
2017
The last time Venus Williams had knocked off a Top-5 talent prior to Saturday. The 38-year-old defeated Petra Kvitova 4-6 7-5 6-4 to set a third-round battle with Christina McHale.