Aslan Karatsev ousts Marin Cilic 6-2 6-4 in the final in Moscow on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. This is the first time that Karatsev conquered this tournament. His best result in this competition so far was reaching the 2nd round. Here you can see when his history at this event.
The Russian added $ 19,355 to his prize money after conquering this final. He has earned $ 68,380 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Aslan Karatsev vs. Marin Cilic Kremlin Cup – Moscow
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:16
At the end of the match, Karatsev scored 56 points vs. Cilic’s 40.
Karatsev
Aslan served extremely well to win 92% of the points (24/26) behind his first serve, and he won 68% points (13/19) on his second serve. Aslan won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Cilic
On the other side, the Croatian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Karatsev and Cilic is 1-1.
This was the 2nd career title for the Russian. He won the previous title in Moscow. (see list of titles and finals). Cilic remains with 19th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Karatsev conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Marin Cilic in the 1st game (1-0). Aslan extended his lead after breaking Marin in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
They contested 39 points. The Russian won 13 more points than Marin (26-13). The Russian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). In addition, on the other side, Cilic conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Aslan snatched in the 7th game (4-3) before eventually conquering the set (6-4).
Aslan converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Croatian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They contested 57 points. The Russian was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Cilic (31-26). Karatsev dropped 6 points on serve (21-6). on the other side of the court, Marin conceded 10 points on serve (20-10).
