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Andrey Rublev conceded a point to his opponent Marin Cilic deep into their French Open quarter-final after the Croat pleaded with the umpire to overturn a ...

The 24-year-old's classy gesture came in the head of battle after more than three hours played, with Rublev having taken the fourth set to force a decider. "Please, please, please, please," he continued, as he was told the mark showed his shot had landed outside of the line. Andrey Rublev conceded a point to his opponent Marin Cilic deep into their French Open quarter-final after the Croat pleaded with the umpire to overturn a line call.

Marin Cilic broke new ground at Roland-Garros after reaching the French Open semi-finals for the first time with a five-set victory over Andrey Rublev.

It was played with a lot of heart. One break was enough to decide the first two sets, and it proved to be the case in the third as well, with Cilic taking the lead thanks to a break in the seventh game. “I played that kind of tennis all match.

Marin Cilic dug deep to seal a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(10-2) win over Andrey Rublev and reach the semi-finals at Roland Garros for the first time on ...

The 20th seed frequently found acute angles with his groundstrokes to keep Rublev on the move, and Cilic clinched another crucial solitary break for 4-3 in the third after targeting the Rublev second serve. A tight fifth set saw few chances until Cilic missed a forehand into the net on match point at 5-4, but the Croatian made no mistake in the tie-break. Cilic gave the seventh seed no chance to convert as he consistently found huge serves at key moments, but Rublev continued to hit aggressively with his return and the pressure told. Despite dropping a tight first set to one of the biggest ball-strikers on the ATP Tour, it was Cilic whose power-hitting came good as he manoeuvred Rublev around Court Philippe Chatrier to great effect. "I played that kind of tennis the whole match, and especially the fifth set was an incredible battle. The 33-year-old is just the fifth active player to reach semi-finals of all four Grand Slams, alongside Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray.

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, the 2014 US Open champion, also crashed 88 winners in the four-hour 10-minute tie.

"I could not manage the emotions in the previous quarter-finals. He pocketed the third with a lone break in the seventh game. He just didn't have the luck."