Cilic dispatches Evans in the 3rd round. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

Marin Cilic wins against Daniel Evans 7-6(11) 6-7(3) 6-2 7-5 in the 3^rd round in New York on Saturday. Cilic will face Carlos Alcaraz in the 4^th round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 59 minutes. Marin won this tournament once in 2014. Here you can see his history at this event.

New York

Cilic's Record

The Croatian added to his prize money $ 90,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 278,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Marin will add $ 167,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 445,000 in total.

Highlights Marin Cilic vs. Daniel Evans U.S. Open – New York

Cilic’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Cilic

Evans

7-6¹¹ 6-7³ 6-2
7-5
3h:59

149

149

Total points

133

133

64

64

Winners

61

61

43%

43%

Ratio Winners

46%

46%

44

44

Unforced

25

25

64%

64%

Ratio Unforced

36%

36%

33/47

33/47

Net Approaches

23/35

23/35

70%

70%

Perc

66%

66%

-- Serve --

26

26

Aces

4

4

9

9

Double Faults

6

6

56%

56%

1st in

59%

59%

82%

82%

1st won

73%

73%

64/78

64/78

1st won

61/84

61/84

54%

54%

2nd won

51%

51%

33/61

33/61

2nd won

30/59

30/59

212

212

Fastest serve

199

199

197

197

AVG 1^st Serve

179

179

153

153

AVG 2^nd Serve

152

152

-- Break Points --

5/11

5/11

Total

2/9

2/9

45%

45%

Won

22%

22%

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At the end of the match, the Croatian scored 149 points vs. Evans’s 133.

Cilic

Cilic served exceptionally well to win 82% of the points (64/78) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (33/61) on his second serve. Marin fired 26 aces and he committed 9 double faults. The Croatian won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.

Evans

On the other side, Evans had some problems converting his break points (only 22% – 2/9). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Cilic and Evans is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Marin Cilic vs. Carlos Alcaraz – stats

Cilic will square off with Alcaraz in the 4^th round.

This will be the 4^th time that Marin Cilic and Carlos Alcaraz play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Alcaraz won 7-6⁴ 6-1 in the 3^rd round in Cincinnati back in August 2022.

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 conquered in the 13^th game (7-6().

Tiebreak

Cilic won 6 minibreaks in the 11^th (5-6), 14^th (7-7), 15^th (8-7), 19^th (10-9), 23^rd (12-11) and 24^th (13-11) point. On the other side, Daniel won 4 minibreaks in the 5^th (3-2), 13^th (7-6), 16^th (8-8) and 20^th (10-10) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 9-8, 9-9, 10-9, 10-10, 11-10, 11-11, 12-11, 13-11

The Croatian was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 12^th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). Cilic saved 6 set points when he was 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6 and 6-7 down. On the other side, the Croatian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 95 points. Cilic conquered the set after winning 9 points more than the Brit (52-43). Marin surrendered 8 points on serve (31-8). On the losing side, Daniel conceded 21 points on serve (35-21).

Cilic had a racing start in this set after breaking Daniel Evans in the 2^nd game (2-0). Anyhow, there was more work to do for the Brit to win the set as Marin succeeded in breaking back in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 11^th (6-5) game. Evans maintained his cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 3.

Tiebreak

Daniel won 4 minibreaks in the 2^nd (2-0), 3^rd (3-0), 7^th (5-2) and 10^th (7-3) point. On the other side, Cilic won 2 minibreaks in the 5^th (1-4) and 8^th (3-5) point.

The Brit won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3

The Brit was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2^nd (1-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 12^th game (5-6 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Cilic was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 3^rd (0-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 72 points. Daniel won 6 more points than Marin (39-33). Evans surrendered 13 points on serve (24-13). on the other side of the net, the Croatian conceded 15 points on serve (20-15).

Cilic in this set was too strong for Daniel and finally he won 6-2 after breaking Daniel in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

Marin converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8^th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, the Brit was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3^rd game (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 45 points. Cilic was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Daniel (26-19). The Croatian lost 7 points on serve (17-7). on the other side of the net, Evans conceded 9 points on serve (12-9).

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Croatian conquered in the 12^th game (7-5).

Cilic was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 10^th (5-4 30-40) and the 12^th game (6-5 0-40). On the other side, Evans wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9^th game (4-4 40-A).

They contested 70 points. Cilic was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Daniel (38-32). Cilic conceded 11 points on serve (28-11). on the other side of the court, Daniel conceded 10 points on serve (21-10).

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