Marin Cilic shocks Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-2 6-7(4) 7-6(5) in the quarter in Hangzhou on Sunday. Cilic will play Brandon Nakashima in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes.
The Croatian added to his prize money $ 21,950 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 52,195 up to now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Marin will add $ 36,600 to his earnings to get in total $ 88,795.
Highlights Marin Cilic vs. Yasutaka Uchiyama Hangzhou Open – Hangzhou
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:45
At the end of the match, Marin scored 109 points vs. the Japanese’s 98.
Cilic
The Croatian served extremely well to win 83% of the points (49/59) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (25/43) on his second serve. Marin blasted 19 aces and he committed 5 double faults. The Croatian was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6).
Uchiyama
On the other side, Yasutaka had a tough time converting his break points (only 11% – 1/9). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Cilic and Uchiyama is 2-0 for Marin.
Draw and next match H2H: Marin Cilic vs. Brandon Nakashima – stats
Cilic will compete against Nakashima in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Marin Cilic and Brandon Nakashima since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The Croatian in this set played at a much higher level than Yasutaka and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking Yasutaka in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Marin failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 40.
Marin converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, the Japanese was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 9th game (1-6 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 48 points. Marin was the winner of the set after clinching 14 more points than Yasutaka (31-17). Cilic was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (21-4). on the other side of the court, Yasutaka conceded 10 points on serve (13-10).
Yasutaka won the set after he broke the Croatian .
Uchiyama was perfect in converting all his break points in the 11th game (5-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Croatian was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 5th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 85 points. Uchiyama conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Marin (46-39). The Japanese surrendered 16 points on serve (37-16). Regarding the other side of the net, the Croatian conceded 9 points on serve (23-9).
Marin clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 8th (3-5) game, The Croatian broke back in the 9th (4-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-5.
Tiebreak
Cilic won 3 minibreaks in the 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Yasutaka won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 10th (5-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Cilic was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (3-5 30-40). On the other side, Yasutaka converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 74 points. Cilic conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Uchiyama (40-34). Marin conceded 13 points on serve (28-13). on the other side of the net, Uchiyama conceded 12 points on serve (21-12).
Tennis Scores in Hangzhou
- Marin CilicCilic – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-2 6-74 7-65)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Rinky HijikataHijikata (7-5 6-3)
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 6-3)
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Marin CilicCilic – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-0) – H2H details and stats
