Archive for category: Marin Cilic
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Cilic ousts Nishikori, Almagro defeats Sock in third round of US Open
Seeded players Marin Cilic and Nicolas Almagro advance into the last sixteen at 2012 US Open after beating Nishikori and Sock in four-setters. Twelfth seeded Cilic has improved on his last US Open result as he proceeded into the fourth round after defeating seventeenth-seeded Japanese Kei Nishikori. The 23-years old [...] -
Cilic and Lopez win five setters at US Open
Seeded players Marin Cilic and Feliciano Lopez needed five sets to move into the third round of 2012 US Open. They will face Kei Nishikori and Andy Murray next. Twelfth seed Croat Cilic got off to a good start against 123th-ranked German Daniel Brands as he was leading 2-0 in [...] -
US Open 2012: Cilic defeats Matosevic in a marathon match
Croatian player Marin Cilic had to dig deep on his way to defeating Australian player Marinko Matosevic in an epic 5 setter. Cilic managed to come back from a two sets down and prevail in 3 hours and 57 minutes, winning 5-7 2-6 6-4 6-2 6-4 6-2. In the first [...] -
Chardy produces shock to see off third seed Murray in Cincinnati
Jeremy Chardy of France produced a superb display to beat third seed Andy Murray of Great Britain in the third round of the ATP Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. In the head-to-head between the two players, Murray had won all four previous matches and was the favourite to progress [...] -
Davydenko defeats Dolgopolov in first round of Cincinnati, Cilic also through
Marin Cilic and Nikolay Davydenko advance to the second round of Cincinnati. Mayer, Levine, Andujar, and Seppi also win their first round matches. Thirteenth seed Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov, who conquered Washington a couple of weeks ago, was helpless against the experienced Russian Nikolay Davydenko. Former No. 3 crushed Dolgopolov in [...] -
Tipsarevic beats Cilic and books a place in Toronto QFs
World number 9 Janko Tipsarevic was able to book his place in the quarterfinal of the Rogers Cup as he overcame Croatian player Marin Cilic in straight sets 6-2 6-4 in 74 minutes. After both players held serve twice in the first set, play was suspended because of rain. After [...] -
Tipsarevic, Cilic, Granollers through to the third round in Toronto
World number 8 Janko Tipsarevic is through to the third round of the Rogers Cup after a 7-6 6-4 win over Russian Mikhail Youzhny. Both players played well in the first set, but it was the Serbian who broke first in the eleventh game to serve for the set at [...] -
Hewitt upsets Cilic, Baghdatis also through to play Murray at Olympics
Australian Lleyton Hewitt has progressed to the 3rd round of the Men’s singles at the London Olympic games. He beat Croatian Marin Cilic in straight sets, in one of the surprises of this round. Being a former Wimbledon champion (as well as US Open champion) he was back on familiar [...] -
Cilic beats Melzer, Davydenko overcomes Stepanek at the Olympics
Marin Cilic and Nikolay Davydenko proceed to the second round of the London Olympic tournament without giving away a set. World No. 14 Croat Cilic, who was victorious on grass courts of Queen’s Club a month ago, fought a hard battle against Austrian Jurgen Melzer in the first set. It [...] -
Monaco to face Haas for Hamburg title
Argentine Juan Monaco will play German Tommy Haas in the final of the German Tennis Championships in Hamburg. 3rd seed Monaco came back from a set down against last year’s finalist Nicolas Almagro of Spain, booking his place in Sunday’s final with a 3-6 6-3 6-4 victory. The Argentine has [...] -
Haas beats defending champion Simon in Hamburg, Cilic also through
German wild card holder Tommy Haas came back from a set down against the defending champion Gilles Simon at the bet-at-home Open – German Tennis Championships in Hamburg, winning 4-6 6-3 6-4. Haas improved his head to head record against the Frenchman to 3-1 and was extremely satisfied with his [...] -
Marin Cilic is the first Croat to win the Croatia Open since 1990
The win at the Croatia Open was the 2nd of the year for Marin Cilic (CRO), who also won the Queen’s Club Championships in London in June. In the process Cilic became the first Croat to win the Croatia Open since Goran Prpic won the inaugural event 22 years ago. [...] -
Cilic beats Dolgopolov in Umag semis, plays Granollers in final
Played at the ITC Stella Maris in Umag, Croatia, the semi finals matched number four seed Marcel Granollers (ESP) against number one seed Fernando Verdasco (ESP), and number two seed Marin Cilic (CRO) against number three seed Alexander Dolgopolov (UKR). Granollers and Verdasco met once in the past year in [...]
