Marin Cilic downs Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in St. Petersburg on Saturday. Cilic will play against Taylor Harry Fritz in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 9 minutes. Cilic won this tournament once in 2011. Here you can see his history at this event.
Cilic added to his prize money $ 17,500 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 60,740 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Croatian will add $ 23,980 to his earnings to get in total $ 84,720 in total.
Highlights Marin Cilic vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp St. Petersburg Open – St. Petersburg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:09
At the end of the match, Cilic scored 58 points vs. Botic’s 40.
Cilic
Marin served extremely well to win 87% of the points (27/31) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (9/14) on his second serve. Cilic won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Van De Zandschulp
On the other side, Botic wasn’t able to conquer any break point. However, The Croatian was just to good and Botic had no opportunity to win this match.
After this match, the head to head between Cilic and Van De Zandschulp is 1-0 for Marin.
Draw and next match H2H: Marin Cilic vs. Taylor Harry Fritz – stats
Cilic will take on Harry Fritz in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Marin Cilic and Taylor Harry Fritz clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Harry Fritz (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Cilic grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-3).
They contested 46 points. Marin won 14 more points than Van De Zandschulp (30-16). Cilic was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (20-3). On the losing side, the Dutch conceded 10 points on serve (13-10).
The Croatian won the set after he broke Van De Zandschulp in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
They played 51 points. Marin was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Botic (30-21). Cilic lost 6 points on serve (16-6). on the other side of the net, Van De Zandschulp conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).
Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg
- Marin CilicCilic – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (5-7 6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Marin CilicCilic – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-1) – H2H details and stats
