In the best period of the trio Nadal, Djokovic, Federer, Marin Cilic achieved what very few have achieved: snatch a Grand Slam title from them. It was in 2014, at the US Open, a major triumph for everything that entails breaking, even for once, the tyranny that the Spanish, Serbian and Swiss have maintained for a decade and a half. He was a finalist in addition to the Australian Open in 2018 and Wimbledon in 2019. And the Croatian is back in the fight for a Grand Slam final, this time at Roland Garros, champion by experience and tennis against Andrey Rublev in almost four hours of match (5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6 and 7-6 (10-2)).
The Russian has a hand, but he has become entangled in this hit and hit tennis and against Cilic, who hit 33 aces, he was able to get little revenue.
Cilic extended his arm and recovered his strength in 4 hours and 10 minutes in which he accumulated 71 unforced errors, but also 88 winners. He had beaten Daniil Medvedev, so you had to be careful with him.
Cilic is now experiencing a second youth after a passage through the calvary of injuries, especially the knee injury that left him out of the circuit in 2019. But he recovers in Paris the spirit that makes him 3 in the world. And he knows what it’s like to win at Roland Garros, junior champion in 2005. Although this is the first time he has reached the semi-final round of the Parisian Grand Slam.
