Marin Cilic shocks Nakashima in the semifinal to set up a battle vs Zhang at the Hangzhou Open. HIGHLIGHTS – HANGZHOU RESULTS

HANGZHOU OPEN - HANGZHOU DRAW AND RESULTS. Cilic shocks Nakashima to compete against Zhizhen Zhang in the final

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Brandon Nakashima

Marin Cilic surprises Brandon Nakashima 6-4 7-6(6) in the semifinal in Hangzhou on Monday. Cilic will face off with Zhizhen Zhang in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 44 minutes.

Cilic
Hangzhou
Cilic's Record

Cilic added to his prize money $ 36,600 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 88,795 after this win. If he wins the next match, Cilic will add $ 63,445 to his earnings to get in total $ 152,240 in total.

Highlights Marin Cilic vs. Brandon Nakashima Hangzhou Open – Hangzhou

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Cilic
Nakashima
Marin Cilic
6-4 7-66
1h:44
Brandon Nakashima
75
75
Total points
65
65
34
34
Winners
35
35
45%
45%
Ratio Winners
54%
54%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
8
8
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
58%
58%
1st in
70%
70%
83%
83%
1st won
73%
73%
34/41
34/41
1st won
35/48
35/48
57%
57%
2nd won
48%
48%
17/30
17/30
2nd won
10/21
10/21
-- Break Points --
1/1
1/1
Total
0/2
0/2
100%
100%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the Croatian scored 75 points vs. the American’s 65.

Cilic

Marin served very well to win 83% of the points (34/41) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (17/30) on his second serve. The Croatian was great in converting the only break point that he conquered.

Nakashima

On the other side, Nakashima wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Marin Cilic vs. Zhizhen Zhang – stats

Cilic will fight against Zhang in the final.

There is no head to head record between Marin Cilic and Zhizhen Zhang since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Marin Cilic Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Cilic 6-4
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4
0
15
0
30
0
40
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4
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40
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40
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Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Cilic clinched in the 9th game (5-4) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).

Nakashima had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.

They played 68 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Croatian won just 2 points more than Brandon (35-33). Marin conceded 11 points on serve (22-11). on the other side of the net, Brandon conceded 13 points on serve (22-13).

2nd Set -
Cilic 7-6
CilicNakashima
7
6
N
0
1
C
1
1
C
1
2
N
2
2
N
2
3
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2
4
C
3
4
N
4
4
N
4
5
C
4
6
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5
6
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6
6
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6
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8
6
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6
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0
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0
40
0
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40
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3
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0
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15
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2
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0
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0
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1
15
0
30
0
40
0

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, the Croatian won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.

Tiebreak

Cilic won 5 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 8th (4-4), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, the American won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2) and 10th (6-4) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

They played 73 points. Marin conquered the set after winning 9 more points than the American (41-32). Marin dropped 10 points on serve (28-10). In addition, on the other side, Nakashima conceded 13 points on serve (22-13).

1st
Cilic
Nakashima
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Cilic
Nakashima
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

Tennis Scores in Hangzhou

  • Marin CilicCilic – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-4 7-66)
  • Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (7-63 6-4)

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