MELBOURNE RESULTS. Marin Cilic beats Moutet in the 1st round

Marin Cilic aces Corentin Moutet 6-3 6-2 6-4 in the 1^st round in Melbourne on Tuesday. Cilic will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Benoit Paire in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Croatian conquered in the 6^th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).

2^nd set.

Cilic had a racing start in this set after breaking Moutet in the 1^st game (1-0). Cilic extended his lead after breaking the French Player in the 5^th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

3^rd set.

The Croatian won the set after he broke the French Player in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 5^th (3-2) game. Corentin tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4^th (2-2) game. Nonetheless, Cilic kept the focus before winning the set 6-4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Marin scored 87 points vs. Corentin’s 55 points.

Cilic served extremely well to win 83% of the points (35/42) behind his first serve, and he won 77% points (20/26) on his second serve. The Croatian was well focused in converting 56% of the break points that he conquered (5/9). On the other side, Moutet wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Cilic and Moutet is 1-0 for Marin.

Highlights Marin Cilic vs. Corentin Moutet Australian Open – Melbourne

Next Match H2H: Marin Cilic vs. Benoit Paire – stats

Cilic will take on Paire in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 6^th time that Marin Cilic and Benoit Paire square off. The head to head is 4-1 for Cilic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Cilic won 6-3 6-4 in the 3^rd round in Rome back in 2018.

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

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• John MillmanMillman – Ugo HumbertHumbert (7-6³ 6-3 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (6-1 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Michael MmohMmoh – Pablo AndujarAndujar (6-1 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Leonardo MayerMayer (4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (4-6 6-4 7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Peter GojowczykGojowczyk – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-6¹ 6-3 4-6 6-0) – See score progression
• Benoit PairePaire – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (6-4 3-6 6-3 6-7² 6-0) – See score progression
• Tatsuma ItoIto – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (6-4 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
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• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Kyle EdmundEdmund (7-6⁷ 6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-3 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
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• Andrey RublevRublev – Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell (6-3 0-6 6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression

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