Marin Cilic wins against Basilashvili in the 1st round to clash vs Djokovic at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. HIGHLIGHTS – SHANGHAI RESULTS

SHANGHAI ROLEX MASTERS - SHANGHAI DRAW AND RESULTS. Cilic dispatches Basilashvili to compete against Novak Djokovic in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Marin Cilic topples Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Shanghai on Wednesday. Cilic will seek to keep on going in this event against Novak Djokovic in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 29 minutes. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2017. Here you can see his history at this event.

Cilic
Shanghai
Cilic's Record

Marin added to his prize money $ 11,500 after winning this match. He has already won $ 35,260 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Croatian will add $ 25,140 to his earnings to get in total $ 60,400 in total.

Highlights Marin Cilic vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Cilic
Basilashvili
Marin Cilic
6-3 7-65
1h:29
Nikoloz Basilashvili
69
69
Total points
57
57
33
33
Winners
32
32
48%
48%
Ratio Winners
56%
56%
-- Serve --
17
17
Aces
8
8
0
0
Double Faults
3
3
59%
59%
1st in
63%
63%
89%
89%
1st won
80%
80%
33/37
33/37
1st won
32/40
32/40
62%
62%
2nd won
48%
48%
16/26
16/26
2nd won
11/23
11/23
-- 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, Cilic scored 69 points vs. the Georgean’s 57.

Cilic

Marin served very well to win 89% of the points (33/37) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (16/26) on his second serve. Cilic blasted 17 aces without committing any double fault. Marin was fantastic in converting the only break point that he conquered.

Basilashvili

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

After this match, the head to head between Cilic and Basilashvili is 2-0 for Marin.

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

Cilic will face Djokovic in the 2nd round.

This will be the 22nd time that Marin Cilic and Novak Djokovic clash against each other. The head to head is 19-2 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 9-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Djokovic won w/o in the quarter in Madrid back in 2019.

Marin Cilic Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Cilic 6-3
CilicBasilashvili
6
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
CilicBasilashvili
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
CilicBasilashvili
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
CilicBasilashvili
5
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
CilicBasilashvili
4
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
CilicBasilashvili
4
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
CilicBasilashvili
3
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
CilicBasilashvili
3
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
CilicBasilashvili
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
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30
CilicBasilashvili
1
0
0
15
15
15
15
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40
A
40

Cilic conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Nikoloz Basilashvili in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was the key for Cilic to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.

The Croatian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40). On the other side, Basilashvili was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 61 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Croatian won just 3 points more than Basilashvili (32-29). Cilic dropped 9 points on serve (21-9). On the losing side, Nikoloz conceded 11 points on serve (20-11).

2nd Set -
Cilic 7-6
CilicBasilashvili
7
6
B
0
1
C
1
1
C
1
2
B
2
2
B
3
2
C
4
2
C
5
2
B
5
3
B
5
4
C
6
4
C
6
5
B
7
5
CilicBasilashvili
6
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
CilicBasilashvili
5
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
CilicBasilashvili
5
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
CilicBasilashvili
4
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
CilicBasilashvili
4
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
CilicBasilashvili
3
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
CilicBasilashvili
3
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
CilicBasilashvili
2
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
CilicBasilashvili
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
CilicBasilashvili
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
CilicBasilashvili
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15

Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Finally, Cilic won the breaker at 7-5.

Tiebreak

The Croatian won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Basilashvili won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1) and 11th (5-6) point.

Cilic won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.

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

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Also, on the other side, the Croatian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 65 points. Marin won 7 points more than Basilashvili (36-29). The Croatian lost 6 points on serve (28-6). In addition, on the other side, the Georgean conceded 8 points on serve (23-8).

1st
Cilic
Basilashvili
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Cilic
Basilashvili
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
 

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