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Feb 19, 2018

Cilic Eager To Make Rio Debut

Marin Cilic discusses why he elected to play the Rio Open presented by Claro for the first time and talks about his relationship with coach Ivan Cinkus. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.

Feb 19, 2018

ATP World Tour Stars Align In Brazil

The third event of South America's "Golden Swing" gets underway this week, and while Carnival might be coming to a close, the party was just beginning for the players in action at the Rio Open presented by Claro in Brazil. Before they took to the court, some of the ATP World Tour's top players took in the sights and sounds of Brazil's "Marvelous City." The top-seeded Cilic, who will be playing for the first time in Rio, climbed to the top of the 30-meter tall "Christ the Redeemer" statue that overlooks Rio. The world No. 3 found the experience both enthralling and spiritual. "Just getting to the feet of 'Christ the Redeemer' wasn't easy," Cilic said. "It was windy and...

Jan 28, 2018

Cilic Eyes No. 1 In ATP Rankings This Year

Marin Cilic was close, just not close enough. Playing with great focus and pin-point accuracy on his world class groundstrokes, the 29 year old Croatian battled back from a break down in the fourth set and found himself with break points of his own to start the decisive set in the Australian Open final, which would see Roger Federer emerge victorious after three tense hours. One return into the net. One wide. And that was it. Federer would run away with the fifth set, claiming his record-equaling sixth Australian Open crown (alongside Roy Emerson, Novak Djokovic) and an unprecedented 20th Grand Slam title in the Swiss’ storied career. Cilic had come so close to achieving a second Grand Slam success...

Jan 28, 2018

Cilic: "Fue Una Gran Batalla"

Marin Cilic luchó, desplegó todo su repertorio, tuvo mejores momentos y otros no tanto y pese a no llegar a la meta, el premio tan buscado de poder levantar el trofeo en Melbourne, mantiene la cabeza en alto, con humildad y con la capacidad suficiente para analizar lo ocurrido, quedarse con lo bueno y correr a un lado cualquier examen negativo de conciencia. “Estoy un poco decepcionado, pero es normal. Fue una gran batalla, cinco sets, pero estoy contento con mi actuación. Mentalmente fue duro”, analizó. En su 3º definición de Grand Slam, el croata pudo estirar el encuentro a un definitivo 5º set tras revertir heroicamente la cuarta manga en la que había arranca con un quiebre de saque...

Jan 28, 2018

How Federer Won The 2018 Australian Open Final

Roger Federer beat Marin Cilic 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 to win his sixth Australian Open and 20th overall Grand Slam title after three hours and three minutes on Sunday night. In a match of multiple momentum shifts, Federer joined Australia's Roy Emerson and Novak Djokovic of Serbia as a six-time champion in the 50th Open Era edition of the Australian Open. Federer has become just the third man, after Ken Rosewall and Rod Laver, in the Open Era to win four or more Grand Slam titles after becoming a 30-year-old and now moves just 155 points behind World No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the ATP Rankings. Federer improved to 9-1 lifetime against Cilic in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series,...