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Tennis: Raonic blasts Cilic off court to make Aussie Open quarters

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 26 02:43 PM

Milos Raonic blasted 35 aces to make his fifth Australian Open quarter-final in six years Sunday, outgunning fellow former world number three Marin Cilic in straight sets. Read more »

Tennis: Federer withdraws from Paris Masters as Cilic, Tsonga progress

Jed Court, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 29 11:07 AM

Roger Federer withdrew from the Paris Masters on Monday in order to "pace" himself for the next year, while Marin Cilic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga reached the second round. Read more »

Tennis: Dimitrov outlasts Cilic in heavyweight clash

Reuters
Posted at May 30 11:51 AM

Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov twice came from a set behind to outlast 11th seed Marin Cilic in a heavyweight second-round clash at the French Open on Wednesday. Read more »

Tennis: Cilic snaps four-match losing streak to edge Klizan

Reuters
Posted at May 07 10:30 AM

Marin Cilic saved four match points to beat Slovakia's Martin Klizan 6-4 2-6 7-6(0) and reach the second round of the Madrid Open on Monday.   Read more »

Tennis: Cilic beats Pouille to win Davis Cup for Croatia

Martyn Herman, Reuters
Posted at Nov 25 11:25 PM

Marin Cilic clinched Croatia's second Davis Cup title as he beat France's Lucas Pouille, 7-6(3) 6-3 6-3, to give his side a decisive 3-1 lead in the final at Lille's Stade Pierre Mauroy on Sunday. Read more »

Djokovic through after dismantling Zverev, Cilic still in hunt

Martyn Herman, Reuters
Posted at Nov 15 10:18 AM

Novak Djokovic has 834 Tour match wins in his storied career but the latest, a 6-4 6-1 rout of young German Alexander Zverev at the ATP Finals on Wednesday, will not be one for his scrapbook.  Read more »

Nishikori takes revenge on Cilic

Steve Keating, Reuters
Posted at Sep 06 09:33 AM

Kei Nishikori advanced to the U.S. Open semi-finals on Wednesday with a grinding 2-6 6-4 7-6(5) 4-6-6-4 win over Marin Cilic, gaining a small measure of revenge on the man who crushed his grand slam dream in the 2014 final. Read more »

Tennis: Djokovic battles through to 6th Cincinnati final

Reuters
Posted at Aug 19 07:52 AM

Novak Djokovic qualified for his sixth Cincinnati Masters final when he edged out Marin Cilic, 6-4 3-6 6-3, in an afternoon semi-final on Saturday. Read more »

Tennis: Djokovic to face Cilic as Cincinnati title dream draws close

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 18 10:52 AM

Former world number one Novak Djokovic won his second match of the day on Friday to set up a semi-final clash at the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters with Marin Cilic.   Read more »

Tennis: Nadal stays on track in Toronto with win over Cilic

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 11 07:25 PM

Rafael Nadal recovered from a slow start, overcoming Marin Cilic 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 as the Spaniard's chase for a long-sought ATP Masters title on hardcourt heated up on Friday. Read more »

Relentless Cilic edges Kyrgios to set up Djokovic final

Martyn Herman, Reuters
Posted at Jun 24 09:06 AM

Top seed Marin Cilic ended Nick Kyrgios's entertaining run at the Fever-Tree Queen's Club championships with a 7-6(3) 7-6(4) victory on Saturday as he reached the final for the fourth time. Read more »

Federer wins Australian Open for 20th grand slam title

Reuters
Updated as of Jan 28 10:39 PM

Switzerland's Roger Federer claimed a record-equalling sixth Australian Open title with a 6-2 6-7(5) 6-3 3-6 6-1 victory over Croatia's Marin Cilic on Sunday. Read more »

Cilic in firing line as Federer eyes another title

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 28 08:40 AM

Defending champion Roger Federer aims yet again to rewrite the history books Sunday as he lines up for a 30th Grand Slam final, with only Marin Cilic standing in the way of another title.  Read more »

Ruthless Cilic routs ailing Edmund to reach Aussie Open final

Ian Ransom, Reuters
Posted at Jan 25 08:05 PM

A business-like Marin Cilic defused the firepower of Kyle Edmund before crushing the ailing Briton 6-2 7-6(4) 6-2 to become Croatia's first Australian Open finalist on Thursday.   Read more »

Maiden Australia final beckons for Cilic and Edmund

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 25 10:16 AM

A first Australian Open final beckons Thursday for either Marin Cilic or Kyle Edmund, with three of the four women in action also gunning for a new Melbourne experience.   Read more »

Tennis: Cilic reaches Aussie Open semis after Nadal retires hurt

Ian Ransom, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 24 12:42 AM

MELBOURNE - Rafa Nadal's Australian Open quarter-final curse struck again on Tuesday, an injury forcing the top seed to retire in the fifth set against Croatia's Marin Cilic.   Read more »

Simon stuns top seed Cilic to reach Pune final

Reuters
Posted at Jan 06 03:23 PM

World number six Marin Cilic was handed a shock defeat in the warm-up event ahead of the Australian Open, with the top seed losing to France's Gilles Simon in the Maharashtra Open semi-finals in Pune, India on Friday. Read more »

Zverev beats Cilic in impressive ATP Finals debut

Martyn Herman, Reuters
Updated as of Nov 13 10:30 AM

A few hours after old master Roger Federer reminded everyone of his enduring magic, Alexander Zverev, the man leading the next generation of men's tennis, dazzled on his ATP Finals debut. Read more »

Del Potro sets up another Basel final showdown with Federer

Brian Homewood, Reuters
Posted at Oct 29 09:27 AM

Juan Martin del Potro took advantage of an error-strewn Marin Cilic performance to beat the defending champion for a seventh time in a row on Saturday to set up another Swiss Indoors final showdown with Roger Federer. Read more »

Cilic powers into Japan Open semi-finals

Reuters
Posted at Oct 06 08:01 PM

Top seed Marin Cilic strolled into the Japan Open semi-finals with a dominant 6-2 6-0 victory over American Ryan Harrison on Friday. Read more »