MOSCOW RESULTS. Die-hard Cilic survives Chardy in the quarter

KREMLIN CUP - MOSCOW RESULTS. Cilic outlasts Chardy to come up against Andrey Rublev in the semifinal

Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Jeremy Chardy

Marin Cilic outlasts Jeremy Chardy 6-4 4-6 7-62 in the quarter in Moscow on Friday after winning a huge battle. Cilic will face Andrey Rublev in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Cilic won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Cilic broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (6-4) game before winning the set 6-4.

2nd set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that the French Player conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).

3rd set.

Cilic took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Chardy in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Marin to win the set because the French Player succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) game. The Croatian maintained his cool before winning the set at the breaker at 2.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Marin scored 105 points vs. Jeremy’s 104 points.

Marin struck 13 aces and he committed 8 double faults. Cilic won this match even if he was struggling in converting his break points since he converted only 27% (3/11). On the other side, the French Player was pretty good in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (3/6). However, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this encounter, the head to head between Cilic and Chardy is 4-2 for Marin.

Next Match: Marin Cilic vs. Andrey Rublev – stats

Cilic will face Rublev in the semifinal.

This will be the 3rd time that Marin Cilic and Andrey Rublev play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Cilic and Rublev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.

The last time that they played, Rublev won 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Miami back in March 2019.

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