Calros Alcaraz storms into quaterfinals after victory over Cilic in marathon match
Playing for a spot in the quarterfinals, the players kept coming back at each other to provide the spectators with an absolute spectacle of a match.
Playing for a spot in the quarterfinals, the players kept coming back at each other to provide the spectators with an absolute spectacle of a match.
Cilic, who reached his first Roland Garros semi-final on Wednesday, joined an elite group that includes Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, and Andy Murray in digging deep to win 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(10-2) and advance to the last-four stage of the clay-court Grand Slam.
Nagal was no match for World no 37 Cilic and won just one game in his entire match. Cilic ended up winning 6-0, 6-1 and the match lasted just under an hour.
Croatia's Mate Pavic and Franko Skugor will now face Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna in the doubles before Cilic takes on Gunneswaran and Gojo clashes with Ramkumar.
Frances Tiafoe restored some pride for the United States by beating Germany's Maximilian Marterer 7-5, 6-4.
Fifth-ranked Croatian Marin Cilic rolled past Spain’s Pablo Carreño Busta 6-3, 6-3 to reach the semi-finals of the Italian Open…
World No.3 Cilic needed one hour and 33 minutes to knock out Verdasco, World No. 37, on Wednesday night.
"I'm feeling good. It was an okay match. It was a solid match, first one on clay," Cilic said after the match.
The ace tennis player Roger Federer celebrates beating Croatia's Marin Cilic in men's singles final match of the Australian Open tennis tournament.
Federer defeated Croatia's Cilic 6-2, 6-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 to win the men's singles title.
