Marin Cilic hustles John Isner 7-5 3-6 7-66 6-4 in the 3rd round in New York on Saturday. Cilic will engage against Rafael Nadal in the 4th round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Cilic conquered in the 11th game (6-5) before winning the set (7-5).
2nd set.
Similarly to the 1st set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Isner conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).
3rd set.
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Finally, Cilic won the tiebreak at 6.
4th set.
The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Cilic conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).
Statistics
After this contest, the head to head between Cilic and Isner is 9-3 for Marin.
Highlights Marin Cilic vs. John Isner U.S. Open – New York
Next Match: Marin Cilic vs. Rafael Nadal – stats
Cilic will come up against Nadal in the 4th round.
This will be the 9th time that Marin Cilic and Rafael Nadal face off. The head to head is 6-2 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 4-2 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Nadal won 2-6 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Toronto back in 2018.
Tennis Scores at the Us Open
- Pablo AndujarAndujar – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (7-65 7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – John IsnerIsner (7-5 3-6 7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Aljaz BedeneBedene (6-74 7-64 6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Hyeon ChungChung (6-3 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-75 7-64 6-4 6-76 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-4 6-4 6-73 7-62) – See score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (6-4 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (6-4 7-69 7-64) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-2 6-4 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (7-65 7-69 7-5) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (7-5 7-68 6-2) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-3 7-65 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Roger FedererFederer – Daniel EvansEvans (6-2 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Denis KudlaKudla (6-3 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Feliciano LopezLopez (7-61 4-6 7-67 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (20-5) – See H2H details
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – See H2H details
- Roger FedererFederer – David GoffinGoffin (8-1) – See H2H details
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-0) – See H2H details
- Andrey RublevRublev – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (1-1) – See H2H details
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Pablo AndujarAndujar (3-0) – See H2H details
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (1-1) – See H2H details
- Marin CilicCilic – Rafael NadalNadal (2-6) – See H2H details