Hungarian Open: Aljaz Bedene beats Ivo Karlovic to reach semi-finals
Britain’s Aljaz Bedene continued his winning run with a straight-sets win over second seed Ivo Karlovic to reach the Hungarian Open semi-finals.
British number four Bedene broke the Croat’s serve early in both sets on his way to a 6-4 6-3 victory, and a 15th-straight win.
The 27-year-old, ranked outside the top 100 at the beginning of March, has climbed to world number 68.
He faces fourth seed Fernando Verdasco or fellow qualifier Laslo Djere next.
Bedene came through qualifying in Budapest to reach his first ATP Tour semi-final since January 2016.
He also won back-to-back titles on the second-tier ATP Challenger Tour earlier this month.
The clay court specialist has now won 22 of his past 23 matches, with the only defeat coming on hard courts at the Miami Masters.