Marin Cilic stuns Zhizhen Zhang 7-6(5) 7-6(5) in the final in Hangzhou on Tuesday. The match lasted 1 hour and 50 minutes. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career.
Cilic added $ 63,445 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 152,240 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Marin Cilic vs. Zhizhen Zhang Hangzhou Open – Hangzhou
Cilic’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Marin scored 82 points vs. the Chinese’s 79.
Cilic
Cilic served pretty well to win 84%
of the points (42/50) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (22/33) on his second serve. Cilic struck 18 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The Croatian wasn’t able to conquer any break point to win the match only at the tiebreaks.Zhang
On the other side, Zhang wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Cilic and Zhang is 1-0 for Marin.
This was the 21st career title for Cilic. (see list of titles and finals). Zhizhen lost the opportunity to win his title at the first attempt. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
The Croatian won the set after he broke Zhang .
Cilic was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 14th game (7-5 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Chinese was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 94 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Croatian won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Zhang (46-48
). The Croatian surrendered 11 points on serve (29-11). On the other side, Zhang conceded 17 points on serve (37-17).The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Cilic won the tiebreak at 7-5.
Tiebreak
The Croatian won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Zhang won a minibreak in the 6th (3-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Marin saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. Also, on the other side, Marin didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 67 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Marin won just 3 points more than Zhang (35-32). Marin conceded 8 points on serve (30-8). On the other side, Zhang conceded 5 points on serve (24-5).