Marin Cilic grounds Pedro Martinez Portero 6-1 6-2 in the quarter in Moscow on Friday after playing a marvellous match to fight against Richard Berankis in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 2 minutes. Cilic won this tournament twice in 2014 and 2015. Here you can see his history at this event.
Marin added to his prize money $ 11,640 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 34,900 up to now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Cilic will add $ 14,125 to his earnings to get in total $ 49,025.
Highlights Marin Cilic vs. Pedro Martinez Portero Kremlin Cup – Moscow
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:02
At the end of the match, the Croatian scored 52 points vs. Pedro’s 31.
Cilic
Cilic served pretty well to win 84% of the points (26/31) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (8/14) on his second serve. Cilic struck 15 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Cilic was pretty good at converting 80% of the break points that he procured (4/5).
Martinez Portero
On the other side, Pedro wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Cilic and Martinez Portero is 1-0 for Marin.
Draw and next match H2H: Marin Cilic vs. Richard Berankis – stats
Cilic will come up against Berankis in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Marin Cilic and Richard Berankis square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Cilic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
Marin was too good to concede just 1 game before breaking the Spaniard 2 times and win the set 6-1.
Pedro was dominated in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The Croatian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Marin didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 39 points. Cilic conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Pedro (25-14). The Croatian conceded 6 points on serve (17-6). In addition, on the other side, Pedro conceded 8 points on serve (8-8).
Cilic was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Pedro Martinez Portero in the 1st game (1-0). Marin improved his lead after breaking Martinez Portero in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
They played 42 points. Cilic won 10 points more than Martinez Portero (26-16). The Croatian lost 5 points on serve (17-5). on the other side of the net, Pedro conceded 9 points on serve (11-9).
Tennis Scores in Moscow
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-2 7-61) – Stats and score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Gilles SimonSimon (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – John MillmanMillman (7-5 7-64) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Marin CilicCilic (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (2-0) – H2H details and stats
