Marin Cilic beats Emil Ruusuvuori 7-6(2) 6-4 in the quarter in London on Friday. Cilic is going to play against Filip Krajinovic in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 47 minutes. The Croatian won this tournament twice in 2012 and 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
Cilic added to his prize money € 55,980 after conquering this match. He has won already € 114,465 up to now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Marin will add € 100,310 to his earnings to get in total € 214,775.
Highlights Marin Cilic vs. Emil Ruusuvuori cinch Championships – London
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:47
At the end of the match, the Croatian scored 78 points vs. Emil’s 63.
Cilic
Marin served exceptionally well to win 81% of the points (30/37) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (19/30) on his second serve. Marin fired 11 aces and he committed 6 double faults. The Croatian won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.
Ruusuvuori
On the other side, Ruusuvuori was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Cilic and Ruusuvuori is 1-0 for Marin.
Draw and next match H2H: Marin Cilic vs. Filip Krajinovic – stats
Cilic will square off with Krajinovic in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Marin Cilic and Filip Krajinovic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Marin had no problems to win the tiebreak 7-2.
Tiebreak
Cilic won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (5-1) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Emil won a minibreak in the 4th (1-3) point.
Marin won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
The Croatian was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Marin didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 81 points. The Croatian was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Ruusuvuori (45-36). The Croatian conceded 6 points on serve (28-6). In addition, on the other side, Ruusuvuori conceded 17 points on serve (30-17).
The Croatian won the set after he broke Emil in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game. The Finn tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Nonetheless, Marin managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 6-4.
A crucial moment of this set was when Marin won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
Marin was on the money in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 15-40). On the other side, Ruusuvuori converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 8th game (2-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 60 points. Cilic won 6 points more than Emil (33-27). Marin surrendered 12 points on serve (21-12). In addition, on the other side, Ruusuvuori conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).
Tennis Scores in London
- Marin CilicCilic – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-62 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Tommy PaulPaul (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Ryan PenistonPeniston (4-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Marin CilicCilic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-1) – H2H details and stats
