Playing near-perfect tennis, the Croatian outclassed world number two in three sets and will face Russian Andrey Rublev.
Marin Cilic (23rd ATP) is still a cautious player. Even on clay, his least popular surface, but on which he is undoubtedly quite effective. And that’s what he demonstrates at Roland Garros, where, displaying very solid tennis, he has already reached the quarter-finals. He did this remarkably, since overwhelmed world number two Daniil Medvedev of Russia 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.
The Croatian’s triumph was brilliant in every way as he never gave his rival a chance to come in, although he doesn’t feel entirely comfortable on clay either , had shown significant progress in Paris.
But against the Balkan service, Medvedev could not do anything. He didn’t even have the chance to crack. In addition, Cilic won 90% of the points with the first serve , which makes things a bit easier. On another side, he doubled his winning shots (33 to 15) and committed very few unforced errors (22). A real exhibition and one of the best games of his career.
For the passage in the semi-finals, they will face Russian Andrey Rublev (7th), who beat 1-6, 6-4, 2-0 and retired Italian Jannik Sinner (12th) in a game interrupted by the Spaniard’s left knee injury.
He also highlighted the great victory of the Danes Holger Rune (40th) over Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (4th), 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 and 6-4. will now face Norwegian Casper Ruud (8th), who beat Pole Hubert Hurcacz (13th), 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
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Source: Latercera
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