Marin Cilic downs Norbert Gombos 6-2 6-3 3-6 7-6(6) in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Cilic will try to keep the momentum against Andrey Rublev in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the final in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
Marin added to his prize money $ 40,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 180,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Croatian will add $ 120,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 300,000 in total.
Highlights Marin Cilic vs. Norbert Gombos Australian Open – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Cilic scored 127 points vs. Gombos’s 103.
Cilic
The Croatian served pretty well to win 86% of the points (51/59) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (29/47) on his second serve. The Croatian fired 20 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Marin was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8).
Gombos
On the other side, Gombos was sharp when converting 67% of the break points that he procured points (2/3). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Cilic and Gombos is 2-0 for Marin.
Draw and next match H2H: Marin Cilic vs. Andrey Rublev – stats
Cilic will compete against Rublev in the 3rd round.
This will be the 6th time that Marin Cilic and Andrey Rublev square off. The head to head is 4-1 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Cilic won 4-6 7-67 6-1 in the 2nd round in Geneva back in 2015.
Live score progression and stats
Cilic was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Norbert Gombos in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Cilic managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Norbert in the 8th (6-2) game before conquering the set.
Marin converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). On the other side, the Croatian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 43 points. Marin won 15 points more than Norbert (29-14). Marin was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). In addition, on the other side, the Slovakian conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).
Cilic had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Norbert Gombos in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was decisive for Marin to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
Marin converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Croatian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 48 points. Marin was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Gombos (29-19). The Croatian lost 5 points on serve (20-5). In addition, on the other side, the Slovakian conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).
Rublev was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Norbert Gombos in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Slovakian to win the set because Cilic succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) game. The Slovakian maintained his focus to break Marin in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Gombos was spot on in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A). In addition on the other side, Cilic was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5th game (1-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 55 points. The Slovakian conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Marin (30-25). Norbert dropped 11 points on serve (19-11). On the losing side, Marin conceded 11 points on serve (14-11).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Marin won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.
Tiebreak
Cilic won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (4-2) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Norbert won a minibreak in the 8th (4-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. The Croatian saved 1 set point when he was trailing 5-6. Furthermore, on the other side, the Croatian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 84 points. Cilic was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Gombos (45-39). The Croatian dropped 6 points on serve (31-6). Regarding the other side of the net, the Slovakian conceded 14 points on serve (33-14).
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