It will be a semi-final full of firsts when seventh seed Marin Cilic and 24th seed Sam Querrey kick off semi-final Friday at The Championships on Centre Court. Both Cilic and Querrey will be playing in their first Wimbledon semi-final. Cilic, who had lost in the quarter-finals the past three years, broke through in a five-set battle against the big-serving left-hander Gilles Muller of Luxembourg, who had advanced past Rafael Nadal in the fourth round, 15-13 in the fifth set. View FedEx ATP Head2Head & vote for who you think will win! [POLL]46378[/POLL] Querrey also had to work for his maiden Wimbledon semi-final, outlasting World No. 1 and two-time champion Andy Murray in five sets in the quarter-finals. Querrey became the first...
After his first-round match at The Championships, Marin Cilic said that he might be playing the best he's ever played on the grass courts at Wimbledon. Nine days later, many fans and observers are starting to agree. The seventh-seeded Cilic marched into his first Wimbledon semi-final on Wednesday, breaking Gilles Muller three times to knock out the 34-year-old left-hander 3-6, 7-6(6), 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 on No. 1 Court. Cilic reaches the semi-finals for the first time in his 11th appearance. His coach Jonas Bjorkman broke through to the Wimbledon semi-finals during his 13th showing. Most attempts before reaching first Wimbledon semi-final (Open Era) Jonas Bjorkman 13 Marin Cilic 11 Tommy Haas 11 Sam Querrey 10 Rainer Schuettler 10 The 6'6”...
Watch highlights of Marin Cilic beating Gilles Muller on Wednesday in the Wimbledon quarter-finals. Watch more video at www.wimbledon.com. Highlights not available in U.K., U.S.A., Germany, Italy, Austria, South America. Getty Images photo.
Former pro Justin Gimelstob looks at the four Wimbledon quarter-finals, featuring Andy Murray versus Sam Querrey, Marin Cilic against Gilles Muller, Milos Raonic versus Roger Federer and Tomas Berdych against Novak Djokovic.