Cilic hits 33 aces to reach first French Open semi-final
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.
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French Open: Marin Cilic Defeats Andrey Rublev To Enter Men's Semi-final
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.
World No.2 Daniil Medvedev Knocked Out Of French Open By Marin Cilic
World number two Daniil Medvedev and fourth-ranked Stefanos Tsitsipas crashed out of the French Open in the fourth round on Monday as women's top seed Iga Swiatek took her winning streak to 32 matches after surviving a huge scare. US Open champion Medvedev was beaten by 20th seed Marin Cilic 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 in just 1hr 45 min on Court Philippe Chatrier. Tsitsipas, the 2021 runner-up to Novak Djokovic, was defeated by Danish teenager Holger Rune 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 earlier in the day. Cilic will face Russia's Andrey Rublev in his third career Roland Garros quarter-final.
Cameron Norrie suffers injury in Italian Open loss to Marin Cilic
Cameron Norrie became the second British hope to suffer an injury scare ahead of Roland Garros after he limped out of the Italian Open following a 5-7 6-2 6-1 loss to veteran Marin Cilic.
Qatar Open 2022 - Roberto Bautista Agut trounces Andy Murray to reach quarter-finals in Doha
Roberto Bautista Agut produced a dominant performance to trounce Andy Murray 6-0, 6-1 and reach the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open. The Spanish second seed was seldom troubled by an off-par Murray, who struggled to find his serving range. Ad/> In a meeting of two former champions in Doha, the 2019 winner put together a real statement showing and set up a meeting with either Dan Evans or Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the last eight.
Alex de Minaur's Australian Open campaign comes to an end, Daniil Medvedev pushes on
Alex de Minaur's quest for an Australian Open quarterfinals berth has been halted after he lost in straight sets to Italy's 11th seed Jannik Sinner.
Auger-Aliassime ousts former finalist Cilic to reach last eight
Ninth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime won a four-set battle with veteran Marin Cilic in searing heat to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Monday.
Cilic credits gradual improvement in form for win over Rublev
MELBOURNE: Former US Open champion Marin Cilic said his 7-5 7-6(3) 3-6 6-3 win over Russian fifth seed Andrey Rublev at the Australian Open on Saturday (Jan 22) was the result of a gradual improvement in form over the past few months.