Cilic

The 33-year-old Cilic will next face No. 8 Casper Ruud or teenager Holger Rune. The other men's semifinal match is Rafael Nadal against Alexander Zverev. With ...

He dropped Rublev's career mark in major quarterfinals to 0-5. Either way, Cilic will have a big edge in experience. The other men's semifinal is 13-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal, who eliminated Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals, against No. 3 Alexander Zverev. PARIS (AP) — Marin Cilic is 33, nearly eight seasons past his one Grand Slam title at the 2014 U.S. Open — and, until Wednesday, more than four full years removed from his most recent trip to the semifinals of a major tournament. Cilic was the runner-up to Federer at Wimbledon in 2017 and the Australian Open in 2018; the latter had been Cilic's most recent trip to a Slam semifinal. Marin Cilic is 33, nearly eight seasons past his one Grand Slam title at the 2014 U.S. Open — and, until Wednesday, more than four full years removed from his most recent trip to the semifinals of a major tournament.

Marin Cilic's renaissance continued as the Croatian reached his first Grand Slam semi-final in four years by beating Russian seventh seed Andrey Rublev 5-7 ...

Rublev was thrown off balance and struggled to read the Croatian's serve. One had to go down and today was my day," said 20th seed Cilic, who will play his first semi-final at Roland Garros. "The fifth set was an incredible battle.

The world No 23 defeated his Russian opponent 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6( 2) and has now reached the semi-finals of every grand slam tournament.

But this year at the French Open he has done so, reaching the semi-final here for the first time in his career by defeating Andrey Rublev, the seventh seed, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(2) in one of the best matches of the tournament so far. With his success in Paris, he will also cross the $30m (£24m) mark for prize money. He played a great tiebreak, the first ever seen on Court Philippe Chatrier, filled with nuclear forehand winners and big serving, to advance.

Le Croate Marin Cilic, ex-N.3 mondial aujourd'hui 23e, s'est qualifié pour la première fois de sa carrière pour les demi-finales de Roland-Garros en venant ...

Pour une place en finale, Cilic (33 ans) affrontera le Norvégien Casper Ruud (8e) ou le jeune Danois Holger Rune, 40e mondial à 19 ans. Après avoir écrabouillé le N.2 mondial Daniil Medvedev au tour précédent, le grand Croate (1,98 m) a frappé 88 coups gagnants, dont 33 as (pour 71 fautes directes), pour s’imposer au bout du tout premier super bris d’égalité (en dix points) disputé sur le Central de Roland-Garros, après 4 h 10 min de match. (Paris) Le Croate Marin Cilic, ex-N.3 mondial aujourd’hui 23e, s’est qualifié pour la première fois de sa carrière pour les demi-finales de Roland-Garros en venant à bout du N.7 mondial Andrey Rublev en cinq sets 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (10-2) mercredi.

Paris, Jun 1 (EFE).- Croatia's Marin Cilic continued his dream run at the French Open on Wednesday, edging past world No. 7 Andrey Rublev 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, ...

Rublev, a big hitter in his own right, ended the match with a relatively low 15 aces and 35 winners. “Andrey played incredibly well and it was an incredible performance on the court – a lot of heart. Especially, the fifth set was an incredible battle,” Cilic said afterward. His service games were more comfortable, although he had to escape a 0-30 hole before holding to take a two-set-to-one lead. I played that kind of tennis the whole match. Although Cilic managed to stave off three break points in the seventh game and two more in the ninth, Rublev finally converted his sixth break-point opportunity thanks to a Cilic forehand error to take a 6-5 lead and then wrapped up the first set by striking his 17th ace of the contest.

Croatian denies seventh seed to reach first Roland-Garros semi-final.

Rublev had claimed four of the pair’s six encounters but his 33-year-old opponent showed some of his brilliant hard-court best in a return to form at Melbourne Park when he rolled Rublev under lights in the third round in January. He dropped a set in each of his four prior matches, including the fourth round in which he benefitted from the retirement of Jannik Sinner to a knee injury. Rublev had denied Novak Djokovic to win the Serbian’s home tournament in Belgrade, but had not won a set in any of his four previous visits to a Grand Slam quarter-final.

Marin Cilic, ex-no 3 mondial aujourd'hui 23e, est venu à bout du no 7 mondial Andrey Rublev en cinq sets 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (10-2) mercredi.

Première demi-finale à Paris pour Marin Cilic à 33 ansRoland-Garros mercredi, 1 juin 2022. Pour une place en finale, Cilic (33 ans) affrontera le Norvégien Casper Ruud (8e) ou le jeune Danois Holger Rune, 40e mondial à 19 ans. Le Croate Marin Cilic, ex-no 3 mondial aujourd'hui 23e, s'est qualifié pour la première fois de sa carrière pour les demi-finales de Roland-Garros en venant à bout du no 7 mondial Andrey Rublev en cinq sets 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (10-2) mercredi.

Marin Cilic, ex-no3 mondial aujourd'hui 23e, s'est qualifié pour la première fois de sa carrière pour les demi-finales de Roland-Garros.

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The Croatian is the fifth active man to complete a full set of at least one semifinal run at all four Slam events, joining Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, ...

He dropped Rublev's career mark in major quarterfinals to 0-5. The other men's semifinal is 13-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal, who eliminated Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals, against No. 3 Alexander Zverev. The 6-foot-6 (1.98 meter) Cilic has one of the biggest serves on tour, and he delivered them at up to 133 mph (214 kph) on Wednesday, with an average speed of 123 mph (199 kph). As part of an agreement among the four Grand Slam hosts to standardize one element of the sport, this is the first time the French Open has used a tiebreaker in fifth sets of men's matches — and third sets of women's matches. Rublev twice displayed good sportsmanship, indicating early in the tiebreaker that one of Cilic’s strokes was indeed in and, earlier at 1-all in the fifth set, volunteering to replay a point after Cilic complained that a shot that was called out had touched a line. Cilic was the runner-up to Federer at Wimbledon in 2017 and the Australian Open in 2018; the latter had been Cilic's most recent trip to a Slam semifinal.

Marin Cilic, ex-no 3 mondial aujourd'hui 23e, est venu à bout du no 7 mondial Andrey Rublev en cinq sets 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (10-2) mercredi.

Il est devenu imprévisible, il n'a peur de rien et il va être dangereux les prochaines années », a estimé Ruud. « J'ai bien commencé le match, mais Holger a élevé son niveau de jeu, il est revenu et ça a été dur jusqu'au bout. La veille, le choc entre Rafael Nadal et Novak Djokovic avait tenu en haleine jusqu'à une heure du matin passée.

A 33 ans, l'ex-numéro 3 mondial s'est qualifié pour la première fois de sa carrière pour les demi-finales de Roland-Garros à l'issue d'un sacré bras de fer ...

Il sert très fort, il frappe très fort. sur terre battue et il adore jouer sur cette surface. Sur 12 mois, il a remporté tellement de titres. Cilic, lauréat de l'US Open 2014, devient ainsi le cinquième joueur en activité à avoir atteint le dernier carré dans les quatre tournois du Grand Chelem, en bonne compagnie avec Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic et Andy Murray. Marin Cilic, retombé à la 23e place, de retour en pleine lumière après deux saisons où il a accumulé les pépins physiques et les doutes sur les courts. « J'ai déjà joué contre Casper à deux reprises, une fois à Rome il y a deux ans. Rublev est l'un des joueurs les plus réguliers. Il a joué à un très bon niveau.

PARIS — (AP) — The Latest on the French Open tennis tournament (all times local):. 8:55 p.m.. Marin Cilic dominated a fifth-set tiebreaker against ...

___ Ruud is 3-0 against the 19-year-old Rune with all three wins coming on clay including at Monte Carlo this season. No. 7 Andrey Rublev plays No. 20 Marin Cilic in the first men's quarterfinal of the day. Eleventh-seeded Jessica Pegula will try to snap Swiatek's streak in a bid to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal. ___ But she then lost nine of the next 10 points before her brief comeback in the tiebreaker. ___ Swiatek gained from what appeared to be a missed call in the seventh game of the first set. ___ Rublev indicated that a Cilic shot was in early in the tiebreaker. ___ He’s also just the fifth active men’s player to reach that mark, after Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray.

Il a fallu plus de 4h de jeu pour venir à bout d'Andrey Rublev sur le court Philippe-Chatrier. Cilic jouera la demie à Paris.

En face, Rublev, obligé de sauver balle de match sur son service à 6-5 en sa défaveur, a probablement été trop passif. Il en d'ailleurs tapé au total 88 en plus de 4h de jeu ! Un chiffre énorme pour un match sur terre battue. Dès lors, la cinquième manche allait sourire au plus opiniâtre, comme le veut l'adage de Roland-Garros. Et à ce petit jeu-là, Cilic a fait parler son expérience pour prendre le jeu à son compte en frappant de nombreux coups gagnants. Mais surtout, Rublev a fait preuve d'une irrégularité assez troublante pour un joueur classé 7e au classement ATP. D'abord solide sur la première manche en breakant à 5-5 pour enchaîner sur un jeu blanc derrière et remporter la première manche (7-5), Rublev a connu des crises de colère à partir du deuxième set. Le Moscovite a régulièrement flanché au moment où son adversaire défendait des balles de break. La sensation s'est confirmée : Marin Cilic est sur un petit nuage actuellement.

Le Croate Marin Cilic, ex-N.3 mondial aujourd'hui 23e, s'est qualifié pour la première fois de sa carrière pour les demi-finales de Roland-Garros en venant ...

» Quand on joue si longtemps, il y a toujours des hauts et des bas. »

(Reuters) - Marin Cilic joined an elite group of active men's players to have reached the last four at all the Grand Slams as the world number 23 adva...

“But also comparing to the top guys, it was not as consistent, you know. “No, (it) just comes down to the guys who are under the highlights. The Croatian advanced to his first Grand Slam semi-final at the Australian Open in 2010.

GAME, SET AND MATCH, MARIN CILIC!! Victory for the Croatian, who at 33 years old reaches the Roland Garros semifinals for the first time in his career!