Wimbledon 2017: Aljaz Bedene wins epic battle with Ivo Karlovic

ByEurosport

Updated 03/07/2017 at 20:18 GMT

Aljaz Bedene won an epic five-set match with towering Croatian Ivo Karlovic to progress to the second round of Wimbledon.

Great Britain's Aljaz Bedene during his first round match against Croatia's Ivo Karlovic

Image credit: Reuters

Wimbledon highlights are live on Eurosport and Eurosport Player at 10pm

With both players trading big serves, there was not a break until the very last game of the match, with the Briton emerging 6-7 7-6 6-7 7-6 8-6 in four and a half hours.

He will now face Damir Dzumhur in the next round.

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