Sunday, January 6, 2013
Paire Shocks 2 time champion Cilic
Aircel Chennai Open (Day 5) (4.1.13)
Match Report
Marin Cilic vs. Benoit Paire
It wasn’t a match full of great shot making, Marin Cilic the crowd favorite had been defeated by Benoit Paire .These two have never met before and it was their first meeting .
Both players were never at their game , only a few minutes , maybe 15 , both players were playing the game they were supposed to be playing with .At the end Paire was able to edge out Cilic from the match with a score of 6-4 1-6 7-5 .
Set 1.
Cilic never at all looked best at all, he showed the same poor performance from the previous match, cluster of enforced errors allowed Paire to break in the 3rd game .Paire was clocking his first service at 205 km an hour, but even though serving at such a fast speed he lost his serve and break of serve advantage in the 6th game. Cilic looked tired in the humid conditions but once the sun set Cilic started to play a bit better. It was like a you break my serve and I ll break yours, Paire broke Cilic’s serve in the next game (7) with brilliant return winners. In the end, even though Cilic was able to hit a couple of winners his unforced errors gave Paire the first set 6-4.
Set 2.
Cilic wasn’t read to give it up, he wanted to prove why he had won this title 2 times already. He broke Paire straight away in the 2nd game. His service however was a big question mark we aren’t able to see those strong serves which wins him matches.
The 6th game was most interesting game of the mall , Paire who had 2 success with the drop shot was persistent to keep on trying it , but he was doing one to many times and his backhand was starting to be inconsistent and his composure level started to dip .
Cilic out the set with 2 aces which we finally got to witness, he won the set 6-1
Set 3.
After coming back so strong in the match Cilic continued his good momentum into the 3rd set, breaking Paire serve right away. But Cilic couldn’t sustain his consistent performance , Paire had produced 2 amazing scintillating backhand return winners to break back .It was after this where Cilic and Paire played really good tennis , when Cilic hit a down the line winner , Paire replied with an even stronger down the line winner .
Paire in the 8th game was really terrible he had the chance to break, but instead he’d settle with 3 continuous forehand unforced errors. Game 10 is crucial game for Cilic, but he was calm under pressure serving 2 aces. But could Cilic play with pressure?
no he wasn’t able to hitting unforced errors means that you cant win points , it means you give a away points , those 2 forehand and 1 backhand errors cost him the game and the match .
Paire had ousted the 3rd seed and played well to earn it !
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