Marin Cilic gets the better of Lestienne in the semifinal. HIGHLIGHTS – TEL AVIV RESULTS

Marin Cilic victorious over Constant Lestienne 7-5 6-3 in the semifinal in Tel Aviv on Saturday. Cilic will play against Novak Djokovic in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes.

Cilic added to his prize money $ 34,710 after winning this match. He has won already $ 84,245 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Croatian will add $ 60,170 to his earnings to get in total $ 144,415 in total.

Highlights Marin Cilic vs. Constant Lestienne Tel Aviv Watergen Open – Tel Aviv

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, Cilic scored 73 points vs. the French player’s 56.

Cilic

Marin served pretty well to win 86% of the points (31/36) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 46% points (11/24) on his second serve. Cilic fired 14 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Cilic was pretty effective at converting 57% of the break points that he procured (4/7).

Lestienne

On the other side, the French player didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Cilic and Lestienne is 1-0 for Marin.

Draw and next match H2H: Marin Cilic vs. Novak Djokovic – stats

Cilic will square off with Djokovic in the final.

This will be the 21^st time that Marin Cilic and Novak Djokovic face off. The head to head is 18-2 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 5-1 on I.hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Djokovic won 7-6⁷ 6-2 in the R in London back in 2018.

Live score progression and stats

The Croatian clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4^th (1-3) game, The Croatian broke back in the 9^th

(4-5) and in the 11^th (6-5) game to conquer the set 7-5.

The French player was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-5 to 7-5.

The Croatian was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 9^th (3-5 40-A) and the 11^th game (5-5 0-40). On the other side, Lestienne converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 4^th

(2-1 40-A) and the 10^th game (5-4 30-40).

They played 77 points. Cilic was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Constant (43-34). The Croatian dropped 14 points on serve (26-14). on the other side of the net, the French player conceded 17 points on serve (20-17).

The Croatian won the set after he broke the French player in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

The French player was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.

Cilic converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 7^th (3-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9^th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Croatian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 52 points. Marin won 8 points more than the French player (30-22). Marin was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). On the losing side, Constant conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).

Tennis Scores in Tel Aviv

• Marin CilicCilic – Constant LestienneLestienne (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-1 7-6³) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Marin CilicCilic (18-2) – H2H details and stats