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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.
PARIS (Reuters) - Seventh seed Andrey Rublev blamed his failure to control his emotions for his French Open exit after the Russian lost 5-7 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-6(2) to Marin Cilic in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.
Croatian veteran Marin Cilic overcame Russian seventh seed Andrey Rublev in five sets to reach a first semi-final at the French Open.
PARIS : Seventh seed Andrey Rublev blamed his failure to control his emotions for his French Open exit after the Russian lost 5-7 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-6(2) to Marin Cilic in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.
Croatia's Marin Cilic fired 33 aces past seventh-seeded Andrey Rublev to reach his first French Open semi-final on Wednesday with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (10/2) win.
Croatia's Marin Cilic fired 33 aces past seventh-seeded Andrey Rublev to reach his first French Open semi-final on Wednesday with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (10/2) win. Cilic, the 2014 US Open champion, also crashed 88 winners in the four-hour 10-minute tie and will play either eighth-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway or Danish teenager Holger Rune for a place in Sunday's final. The 33-year-old Cilic becomes only the fifth active men's player after Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray to make the semi-finals at all four Slams.
Marin Cilic was left to applaud some astonishing sportsmanship from Andrey Rublev during the crucial fifth set of their French Open quarter-final. At 1-1 in the deciding fifth set of their last-eight clash on Court Philippe-Chatrier, it could hardly have been a less convenient time for an act of surprise sportsmanship, but Rublev decided to help his opponent out regardless. Ad/> Cilic, who was serving at the time, clipped a drop shot right under the umpire, Alison Hughes', chair with the immediate call being 'out' to hand Rublev the point.
Andrey Rublev conceded a point to his opponent Marin Cilic deep into their French Open quarter-final after the Croat pleaded with the umpire to overturn a line call. The 2014 US Open champion believed his ball was in and the seventh seed initially thought the shot was out but conceded and agreed to replay the point.