Cilic beats Melzer 6-3, 6-1, wins Zagreb Indoors
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Top-seed Marin Cilic defeated Austrian Jurgen Melzer 6-3, 6-1 on Sunday to win his third title at the Zagreb Indoors. Cilic cruised to his ninth career title, closing the match in just
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Marin Cilic of Croatia celebrates his 6-3, 6-1 victory against Jurgen Melzer of Austria on Sunday in the Zagreb Indoors.(Photo: Hrvoje Polan, AFP/Getty Images)
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Home favorite Marin Cilic defeated Jurgen Melzer of Austria 6-3, 6-1 on Sunday to win his third Zagreb Indoors title.
The top-seeded Croat cruised to his ninth career title, wrapping up the win in just over an hour. Cilic also won the tournament in 2009 and ’10 and now has a 17-4 record in Zagreb.
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“I felt I played an almost perfect match, for sure the best one in a year, year and a half,” Cilic said. “Everything worked perfectly — serve, return, movement on court. … I put big pressure on him.”
Cilic converted four of his 12 break points, taking a 2-0 lead to start the match and breaking again for 5-3 in the first set.
Cilic finished with 33 winners in his ninth meeting with Melzer, improving his head-to-head record to 7-2.
“He deserved the victory,” Melzer said. “It was a really good match he played, very well from the baseline, had good serve. I had to play for all points on my serve.”
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