Marin Cilic, ranked 187th in the world tennis rankings, continues to impress at the "Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships", having suffered defeat in the 1/8 final match against the 27th ranked Australian Alex de Minaur. The match score was 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 in favor of Cilic. The game took place today at the "Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium", with a total prize fund of the tournament amounting to 3.7 million dollars.
The 31-year-old tennis player from Croatia needed 2 hours and 15 minutes to defeat de Minaur and secure a spot in the quarterfinals of the tournament, which starts already tomorrow.
Cilic had a slight advantage over his opponents even in the early matches of the current competition, winning three sets against the eighth seed Alex de Minaur with scores of 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in a match lasting 2 hours and 18 minutes.
