Cilic's French Open renaissance continues with Ruud to come in semis
Marin Cilic's French Open renaissance continued as the Croatian reached his first Grand Slam semi-final in four years with a clash against Norwegian Casper Ruud to come.
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Cilic bombs 33 aces past Rublev into 1st French Open semifinal at age 33
PARIS: Marin Cilic is 33, nearly eight seasons past his one Grand Slam title at the 2014 US Open — and, until Wednesday, more than four full years removed from his most recent trip to the semifinals of a major tournament.
Pressure now is on Cilic, not me says Norway's Ruud
PARIS : Norwegian eight seed Casper Ruud will be feeling far less pressure in his French Open semi-final against Grand Slam winner Marin Cilic on Friday after his quarter-final victory over Danish teenager Holger Rune on Wednesday.
Ruud stops teenage sensation Rune to reach French Open last four
PARIS : Eighth seed Casper Ruud battled past teenager Holger Rune 6-1 4-6 7-6(2) 6-3 on Wednesday to reach the French Open semi-finals and become the first Norwegian to reach this stage in any Grand Slam.
Cilic happy with less media attention as he joins 'fab five'
Marin Cilic joined an elite group of active men's players to have reached the last four at all the Grand Slams as the world number 23 advanced to his first Roland Garros semi-final by beating Russian seventh seed Andrey Rublev on Wednesday.
'Incredible guy' - Marin Cilic praises Andrey Rublev's 'great sportsmanship' after French Open quarter-final win
Marin Cilic says he is “unbelievably proud” to be through to his first French Open semi-final and has credited Andrey Rublev for showing “great sportsmanship” during the match. The 33-year-old Croatian needed four hours and 10 minutes to overcome the Russian and will play either Holger Rune or Casper Ruud in the next round. Cilic has reached the quarter-final stage of Roland-Garros in 2017 and 2018 but has broken new ground by reaching the final four.
Cilic downs Rublev in super tiebreak to reach French Open semi-finals
PARIS: Marin Cilic's renaissance continued as the Croatian reached his first Grand Slam semi-final in four years by beating Russian seventh seed Andrey Rublev 5-7 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-6 (10-2) in a final super tiebreak at the French Open on Wednesday.
Cilic edges Rublev in five-set thriller to reach French Open semis for first time
Just a year ago, as Marin Cilic fell outside of the top 40 and seemed to lose against a lesser player every week, it was not easy to envision him rebounding back to the very top of his sport. But this year at the French Open he has done so, reaching the semi-final here for the first time in his career by defeating Andrey Rublev, the seventh seed, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(2) in one of the best matches of the tournament so far.