PARIS RESULTS. Cilic prevails over Hurkacz in the 1st round

BNP PARIBAS MASTERS - PARIS RESULTS. Cilic ousts Hurkacz to come up against Stan Wawrinka in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Hubert Hurkacz

Marin Cilic gets by Hubert Hurkacz 7-65 6-4 in the 1st round in Paris on Monday. Cilic will engage against Stan Wawrinka in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, the Croatian won the tiebreak at 5.

2nd set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Marin conquered in the 9th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Croatian scored 78 points vs. the Pole’s 69 points.

Marin served exceptionally well to win 86% of the points (36/42) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (15/27) on his second serve. The Croatian won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points because he converted only 13% (1/8). On the other side, the Pole wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Cilic and Hurkacz is 3-0 for Marin.

Highlights Marin Cilic vs. Hubert Hurkacz BNP Paribas Masters – Paris

Next Match: Marin Cilic vs. Stan Wawrinka – stats

Cilic will play Wawrinka in the 2nd round.

This will be the 15th time that Marin Cilic and Stan Wawrinka square off. The head to head is 12-2 for Wawrinka (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on I.hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Wawrinka won 6-3 6-3 6-1 in the quarter in Paris back in 2017.

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