Match Report
M.Cilic vs Stakhovsky. S
Well to start off this article, Marin had faced a scare, a really big scare .These people have meet 2 times before , both in favor of Marin . Marin had to dig through to win , he finally won 4-6 6-2 6-3
Set 1
At the start of the first game it self Cilic was producing a lot of errors. He wasn’t looking at his usually best. Lack of first service caused him this set.
Sergiy on the other hand who had a free flow forehand and amazing to face single hand backhand had done all the right things in this set , but also committed a lot of errors .It was the 7th game where Sergiy had broken Cilic with a beautiful down the line back hand winner and a back hand error . Cilic how ever on the other hand didn’t give up things easily he was able to make Sergiy earn his set and he giving the set to Sergiy .Sergiy served it up when it mattered and won the set 6-4 .
Set 2
The crowd was shocked to see one of their favorite players struggling so much, but Cilic made the crowd chill out within 10 minutes of the 2nd set racing to a 3-0 lead. Cilic seems to serve way better than he did early on, by now he was able to serve aces a lot actually .His forehand was flowing smoother and faster and does the converting forehand winners come to light . Errors from Sergiy helped Cilic clinch the 2nd set 6-2.
Set 3
Many of the matches in ACO were 3 setters (including the qualifiers) .The match between Cilic and Sergiy wasn’t actually a great match, even though Cilic raced again to a 3-0 lead, he committed as much of unforced errors committed by Sergiy. The 7th game of the 3rd set is where Cilic served out a perfect game not allowing Sergiy to make him do any mistakes . Forehand winners which one of Cilic’s trademarks came into play and before we knew it Cilic sealed the final set 6-3 and advance to the quarterfinals
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