Karlovic left longing for more after ace-tastic epic

Marathon man Ivo Karlovic said he had been hoping to set a world record for the longest tennis match before his epic 84-game victory over Horacio Zeballos ended on Tuesday.

Karlovic smashed 75 aces, an Australian Open record, and 84 games set a new tiebreak-era mark for the tournament before he finally sealed it 6-7 (6), 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 22-20.

Karlovic and Zeballos played for five hours and 15 minutes, one of the longest matches in the tournament's history, in an astonishing first-round encounter on Court 19.