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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.

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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 has dominated a fifth-set tiebreaker against Russian Andrey Rublev to advance to his first French Open...

"You have to keep up with your level, which I did. One had to go down and today was my day. Especially the fifth set was an incredible battle. Bad luck to him. I thought I was close to getting the break. Earlier in the breaker, Rublev indicated that a Cilic shot was in and at one-all in the fifth set, the seventh seed volunteered to replay the first point of the game after Cilic's shot was ruled out.

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.

Marin Cilic's renaissance continued as he reached his first grand slam semi-final in four years by beating Russian seventh seed Andrey Rublev 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, ...

Kasatkina has not dropped a set in her Roland Garros run. She then lost nine of the next 10 points before her brief comeback in the tie-breaker. 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. But Rublev found some new energy in the fourth, playing more aggressively and with more power to break for 5-3 and hold to send the match into a decider.

Croatian Marin Cilic triumphed in a fifth-set quarter-final tiebreaker over Russian Andrey Rublev, who won fans' admiration for two critical displays of ...

"You have to keep up with your level, which I did. One had to go down and today was my day. "The win comes from being me.

Marin Cilic has reached his first French Open semi-final at age 33 with the help of 33 aces. Howard Fendrich / Tennis / Updated -17 min ...

I asked him, 'Maybe that's not the greatest thing to tell your opponent to be quiet when I'm talking to you?' And he said it once more. But definitely three, four years, if I can be competitive like this." All kidding aside, he said: "How long? "I told him, 'What, do you need to check every mark?' and he told me to be quiet. The other men's semi-final is 13-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal, who eliminated Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals, against No.3 Alexander Zverev. "Andrey played incredibly well.

Marin Cilic is 33, nearly eight seasons past his one grand slam title at the 2014 US Open...

I asked him, 'Maybe that's not the greatest thing to tell your opponent to be quiet when I'm talking to you?' And he said it once more. But definitely three, four years, if I can be competitive like this." All kidding aside, he said: "How long? "I told him, 'What, do you need to check every mark?' and he told me to be quiet. The other men's semi-final is 13-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal, who eliminated Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals, against No.3 Alexander Zverev. "Andrey played incredibly well.

Marin Cilic has dominated a fifth-set tiebreaker against Russian Andrey Rublev to advance to his first French Open semifinal. The 2014 US Open champion won 5-7 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-6 (10-2) in a match that lasted more than four hours on Court Philippe ...

"You have to keep up with your level, which I did. One had to go down and today was my day. Especially the fifth set was an incredible battle. Bad luck to him. I thought I was close to getting the break. Earlier in the breaker, Rublev indicated that a Cilic shot was in and at one-all in the fifth set, the seventh seed volunteered to replay the first point of the game after Cilic's shot was ruled out.

Marin Cilic may have qualified for his first final four appearance at Roland Garros at age 33, but the humble actions of his opponent left an indelible mark ...

Cilic will take on No.8 Casper Ruud for a spot in the final. Either way, Cilic will have a big edge in experience. Cilic dropped Rublev's career mark in major quarterfinals to 0-5. The ball is touching the line! But anyway." "Please! No! No! No! The ball is touching the line.