Marin Cilic downs Richard Berankis 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in Moscow on Saturday. Cilic will face Aslan Karatsev in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 33 minutes. The Croatian won this tournament twice in 2014 and 2015. Here you can see his history at this event.
Cilic added to his prize money $ 14,125 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 49,025 after this win. If he wins the next match, Marin will add $ 19,355 to his earnings to get in total $ 68,380 in total.
Highlights Marin Cilic vs. Richard Berankis Kremlin Cup – Moscow
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Cilic scored 71 points vs. Richard’s 59.
Cilic
The Croatian served exceptionally well to win 84% of the points (31/37) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 44% points (12/27) on his second serve. The Croatian struck 10 aces and he committed 3 double faults. The Croatian won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Berankis
On the other side, Berankis was not so effective in converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Cilic and Berankis is 2-0 for Marin.
Draw and next match H2H: Marin Cilic vs. Aslan Karatsev – stats
Cilic will compete against Karatsev in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Marin Cilic and Aslan Karatsev square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Cilic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they played each other, Cilic won 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in Cincinnati back in August 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Cilic had a racing start in this set after breaking Richard Berankis in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. the Croatian to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
They contested 60 points. The Croatian conquered the set after winning 12 points more than the Lithuanian (36-24). Marin surrendered 5 points on serve (22-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Berankis conceded 14 points on serve (19-14).
Karatsev had a great start in this set after breaking Richard Berankis in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, the Croatian was not done to come back to break Richard 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 6th (3-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
The Croatian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A). In addition on the other side, Berankis converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 61 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally the Croatian won just 1 point more than Richard (31-30). The Croatian dropped 13 points on serve (21-13). on the other side of the net, the Lithuanian conceded 10 points on serve (17-10).
Tennis Scores in Moscow
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-67 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Richard BerankisBerankis (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Marin CilicCilic – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (1-0) – H2H details and stats
