Archive for category: Marin Cilic
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Andy Murray defeats Marin Cilic, advances to Wimbledon Quarter-finals
A fourth-round Wimbledon clash saw British favourite, Andy Murray take on Croatian, Marin Cilic for a place in the quarter-finals. The grass court match was played on Wimbledon’s Court One, without the benefit of a roof to protect from the typical English summer elements of rain and wind. Murray came [...] -
Cilic beats Querrey in second longest match ever at Wimbledon
Marin Cilic and Sam Querrey both had to dig deep during their third round encounter that lasted 5 hours and 31 minutes, making it the second longest match in Wimbledon history. It was the Croat Cilic, who had a lot more reasons to celebrate after beating the American in a [...] -
Marin Cilic Pre Wimbledon 2012 Interview Exclusive
It was great to interview Marin Cilic at The Boodles pre Wimbledon exhibition event last week, and the Steve G Tennis team came away with the feeling that Cilic is about to make the final leap up the rankings to the very top of the men’s game. It’s interesting to [...] -
Cilic wins The Boodles Challenge
Marin Cilic became the champion of The Boodles Challenge 2012 at Stoke Park after defeating Argentine Juan Monaco 4-6 6-3 10-1 (Champion’s tiebreak). The final day of this magnificient event attracted many tennis fans and the Stevegteam didn’t want to miss the show either. This year’s event was a huge [...] -
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Nalbandian shock disqualification from Queen’s final against Cilic
The London crowd witnessed a shock disqualification of David Nalbandian in the AEGON Championships final against Marin Cilic, with a scoreline of 7-6 (3) 3-4 in the Argentine’s favour. It all happened in the second set when Nalbandian was trailing 4:3 (break down), having won the first set in a [...] -
Cilic to face Nalbandian in Queen’s final
Marin Cilic booked his place in Sunday’s final of the AEGON Championships at the Queen’s Club after defeating 2010 champion Sam Querrey 6-3 3-6 6-3. The conditions were far from perfect, strong wind making life difficult for both players. The Croat, who struggled with the wind at the beginning of [...] -
Cilic and Nalbandian through to Queen’s SFs
6th seeded Marin Cilic moved into the semifinals of the AEGON Championships after his opponent Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan was forced to retire when trailing 6-4 2-0. Lu, who had just beaten Janko Tipsarevic a couple of hours before the match against Cilic, showed signs of fatigue and an unfortunate [...] -
Djokovic advances to third round at Roland Garros
Novak Djokovic beat Slovenian Blaz Kavcic 6-0 6-4 6-4 to make it to the third round at the 2012 French Open. The Serbian world no.1 began in great fashion, taking the first set in just 23 minutes and not allowing his opponent a single game. But world no.99 Kavcic started [...] -
Cilic beats Isner in Madrid, sets up a clash against Ferrer
Croatian Marin Cilic overcame the big serving 8th seed American John Isner in two narrow sets 7-6 (4) 7-6 (3) and booked a place in the third round of the Madrid Tennis Masters. Neither of the players managed to break each other’s serve throughout the whole match. Cilic was the [...] -
Stepanek beats Tomic in Madrid, Cilic also through to 2nd round
Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic won his opening match at the Mutua Madrid Open as he overcame Australia’s Bernard Tomic 6-2 7-5 in just under 1 hour and 30 minutes. Tomic was 4-1 up in the second set, but Stepanek fought right back and despite facing two break points when [...] -
Kohlschreiber beats Cilic to win Munich title
Fourth seed Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany captured his second BMW Open title after defeating Croatian Marin Cilic 7-6 (8) 6-3 in Sunday’s final. The German won this tournament in 2007 and with this year’s win he has got four ATP Tour titles to his name. Kohlschreiber managed to save 7 [...] -
Kohlschreiber defeats Lopez, plays Cilic in Munich final
German Philipp Kohlschreiber set up a BMW Open final encounter against the 3rd seed Marin Cilic of Croatia after defeating the second seed Feliciano Lopez 6-2 6-7 (4) 6-4 in a battle that lasted more than 2 hours. The 4th seed German managed to hold his serve throughout the whole [...]
