Marin Cilic defeats Gombos in the 2nd round. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Cilic wins against Gombos to come up against Andrey Rublev in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Norbert Gombos

Marin Cilic downs Norbert Gombos 6-2 6-3 3-6 7-6(6) in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Cilic will try to keep the momentum against Andrey Rublev in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the final in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Cilic's Record

Marin added to his prize money $ 40,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 180,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Croatian will add $ 120,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 300,000 in total.

Highlights Marin Cilic vs. Norbert Gombos Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Cilic
Gombos
Marin Cilic
6-2 6-3 3-6
7-66
2h:40
Norbert Gombos
127
127
Total points
103
103
51
51
Winners
56
56
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
54%
54%
51
51
Unforced
35
35
59%
59%
Ratio Unforced
41%
41%
10/13
10/13
Net Approaches
2/6
2/6
77%
77%
Perc
33%
33%
-- Serve --
20
20
Aces
6
6
2
2
Double Faults
4
4
56%
56%
1st in
64%
64%
86%
86%
1st won
71%
71%
51/59
51/59
1st won
56/79
56/79
62%
62%
2nd won
47%
47%
29/47
29/47
2nd won
21/45
21/45
209
209
Fastest serve
202
202
195
195
AVG 1st Serve
187
187
160
160
AVG 2nd Serve
156
156
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
Total
2/3
2/3
50%
50%
Won
67%
67%
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At the end of the match, Cilic scored 127 points vs. Gombos’s 103.

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The Croatian served pretty well to win 86% of the points (51/59) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (29/47) on his second serve. The Croatian fired 20 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Marin was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8).

Gombos

On the other side, Gombos was sharp when converting 67% of the break points that he procured points (2/3). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Cilic and Gombos is 2-0 for Marin.

Draw and next match H2H: Marin Cilic vs. Andrey Rublev – stats

Cilic will compete against Rublev in the 3rd round.

This will be the 6th time that Marin Cilic and Andrey Rublev square off. The head to head is 4-1 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Cilic won 4-6 7-67 6-1 in the 2nd round in Geneva back in 2015.

Marin Cilic Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Cilic was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Norbert Gombos in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Cilic managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Norbert in the 8th (6-2) game before conquering the set.

Marin converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). On the other side, the Croatian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 43 points. Marin won 15 points more than Norbert (29-14). Marin was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). In addition, on the other side, the Slovakian conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).

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Cilic had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Norbert Gombos in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was decisive for Marin to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.

Marin converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Croatian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 48 points. Marin was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Gombos (29-19). The Croatian lost 5 points on serve (20-5). In addition, on the other side, the Slovakian conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).

3rd Set -
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Rublev was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Norbert Gombos in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Slovakian to win the set because Cilic succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) game. The Slovakian maintained his focus to break Marin in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

Gombos was spot on in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A). In addition on the other side, Cilic was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5th game (1-3 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 55 points. The Slovakian conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Marin (30-25). Norbert dropped 11 points on serve (19-11). On the losing side, Marin conceded 11 points on serve (14-11).

4th Set -
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Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Marin won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.

Tiebreak

Cilic won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (4-2) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Norbert won a minibreak in the 8th (4-4) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. The Croatian saved 1 set point when he was trailing 5-6. Furthermore, on the other side, the Croatian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 84 points. Cilic was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Gombos (45-39). The Croatian dropped 6 points on serve (31-6). Regarding the other side of the net, the Slovakian conceded 14 points on serve (33-14).

 

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