Marin Cilic beats Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the quarter in St. Petersburg on Friday. Cilic will play Botic Van De Zandschulp in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes. The Croatian won this tournament once in 2011. Here you can see his history at this event.
Marin added to his prize money $ 14,410 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 43,240 till now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Cilic will add $ 17,500 to his earnings to get in total $ 60,740.
Highlights Marin Cilic vs. Roberto Bautista Agut St. Petersburg Open – St. Petersburg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:33
At the end of the match, the Croatian scored 104 points vs. Roberto’s 100.
Cilic
The Croatian served pretty well to win 79% of the points (46/58) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 40% points (23/58) on his second serve. Marin blasted 19 aces and he committed 7 double faults. Marin won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.
Bautista-Agut
On the other side, Bautista-Agut had a tough time converting his break points (only 19% – 3/16). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Cilic and Bautista-Agut is 6-2 for Marin.
Draw and next match H2H: Marin Cilic vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp – stats
Cilic will play Van De Zandschulp in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Marin Cilic and Botic Van De Zandschulp since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Cilic won the set after he broke Bautista-Agut in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. The Spaniard tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Notwithstanding, the Croatian kept the focus to win the set 6-4.
The Croatian was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, Roberto converted 11% of his break points (1/9). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They played 76 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Croatian won just 2 more points than Bautista-Agut (39-37). The Croatian dropped 20 points on serve (26-20). On the other side, Bautista-Agut conceded 13 points on serve (17-13).
Bautista-Agut conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, The Spaniard broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to win the set 6-3.
The Croatian had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Bautista-Agut converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Marin converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (3-3 40-A).
They played 77 points. Roberto conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Cilic (41-36). Roberto surrendered 13 points on serve (20-13). In addition, on the other side, Marin conceded 21 points on serve (23-21).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Marin conquered in the 6th game (4-2) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-3).
Marin converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Marin didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 51 points. The Croatian was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Bautista-Agut (29-22). Marin dropped 6 points on serve (20-6). On the losing side, Roberto conceded 9 points on serve (16-9).
Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Andrey RublevRublev (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-4 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – John MillmanMillman (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Marin CilicCilic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (0-1) – H2H details and stats
