Felix Auger Aliassime gets the better of Marin Cilic 2-6 7-6(7) 6-2 7-6(4) in the 4th round in Melbourne on Monday. Auger-Aliassime will play Daniil Medvedev in the quarter. The battle lasted 3 hours and 35 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 4th round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Felix added to his prize money $ 300,000 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 600,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Auger-Aliassime will add $ 500,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,100,000 in total.
Highlights Felix Auger Aliassime vs. Marin Cilic Australian Open – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Auger-Aliassime scored 135 points vs. the Croatian’s 124.
Auger-Aliassime
Felix served pretty well to win 86% of the points (62/72) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (26/45) on his second serve. Felix fired 22 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Felix won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 13% (2/15) of the procured opportunities.
Cilic
On the other side, Cilic was exceptional in converting all his break points (2/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Auger-Aliassime and Cilic is 1-3 for Marin.
Draw and next match H2H: Felix Auger Aliassime vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
Auger-Aliassime will face Medvedev in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Felix Auger Aliassime and Daniil Medvedev square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Medvedev won 6-4 6-0 in the semifinal in Sydney back in January 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Marin in this set played at a much higher level than the Canadian and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking Auger-Aliassime in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The Croatian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Canadian was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 43 points. The Croatian won 9 points more than the Canadian (26-17). Marin dropped 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the court, Auger-Aliassime conceded 9 points on serve (11-9).
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, Auger-Aliassime won a thrilling breaker 9-7 after a huge fight with 16 points played.
Tiebreak
Felix won 4 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3), 7th (4-3), 15th (8-7) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Marin won 2 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2) and 8th (4-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
The Canadian was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). The Canadian saved 1 set point when he was trailing 5-6. On the other side, the Canadian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 91 points. It’s worth to point out that, Felix won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Cilic (45-46). Auger-Aliassime lost 13 points on serve (30-13). On the losing side, Marin conceded 15 points on serve (33-15).
The Canadian in this set played at a much higher level than Cilic and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Marin in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The Canadian converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Auger-Aliassime didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 47 points. Felix conquered the set after winning 13 more points than Cilic (30-17). The Canadian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). In addition, on the other side, Marin conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Finally, Auger-Aliassime won the tiebreak at 7-4.
Tiebreak
The Canadian won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 11th (7-4) point.
The Canadian won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
The Canadian was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Auger-Aliassime didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 78 points. Felix was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than the Croatian (43-35). The Canadian conceded 5 points on serve (30-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Cilic conceded 13 points on serve (30-13).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
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