| No Heimlich for Choking Gasquet from Murray at Wimbledon |
| seeded Swiss Stan Wawrinka in four sets.
Winners in all-unseeded play were French veteran Arnaud Clement in a surprising victory over Croat powerhouse Marin Cilic (or perhaps not so surprising as ESPN commentator Brad Gilbert picked Cilic), and German Rainer Schuettler who
stopped the streaking Janko Tipsarevic in four... |
2008-06-30
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| Murray v. Gasquet Highlights Promising Wimbledon Fourth Round |
| victory over Hewitt. I think Lleyton will put up a strong fight and may even get a set, but Roger's too tough in the end. I’ll also take youngster Marin Cilic over Arnaud Clement and Janko Tipsarevic to beat Rainer Schuettler. (boy, what an opportunity for someone, an unseeded someone, in that Roddick quarter!)
St... |
2008-06-29
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| Monday Wimbledon Schedule; Jankovic Limps Through |
| ayers into the Round of 16 Saturday were (8) Richard Gasquet (d. (28) Gilles Simon in four), (12) Andy Murray (d. Tommy Haas in four), and unseeded Croat Marin Cilic (d. (14) Paul-Henri Mathieu in four).
The Brit attention Monday will be on the Murray vs. Gasquet clash.
"He's a very talented player and has one of the ... |
2008-06-28
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| Ivanovic Out-ovic at Wimbledon; Federer v Hewitt Next |
| k-killer Janko Tipsarevic vs. (25) Dmitry Tursunov, (16) Radek "The Worm" Stepanek vs. (17) Mikhail Youzhny, and (14) Paul-Henri Mathieu vs. Croat threat Marin Cilic.
World No. 1 Ivanovic and 2007 Runner-Up Bartoli Exit at Wimbledon
World No. 1 and French Open champ Ana Ivanovic admitted she lacked confidence and fel... |
2008-06-27
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| Roddick Chokes as Americans Head for Exit at Wimbledon |
| 19 seed Nicolas Almagro in five sets; former world No. 2 Tommy Haas, who gave a straight-set grass master course to No. 23 seed Tommy Robredo, and Croat Marin Cilic, who outlasted No. 24 seed Jarkko Nieminen in five sets.
Top 10-seeded winners Thursday were (2) Rafael Nadal (d. Ernests Gulbis in four) and (8) Richard Ga... |
2008-06-26
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| Indian Wells Tennis Masters Preview |
| our teenagers in the main draw square off against each other Friday as 18-year-old qualifier Kei Nishikori of Japan (ranked No. 126) takes on 19-year-old Marin Cilic of Croatia (No. 45) . The other teenagers are 18-year-old Donald Young (No. 86) and 19-year-old Ernests Gulbis of Latvia (No. 80). Nishikori captured his first... |
2008-03-14
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| Ljubicic, Ancic Set for Semifinal Showdown in Zagreb |
| pen (falling to eventual champion Novak Djokovic); he has improved to 4-4 on the season with three straight-set wins this week (including over No. 5 seed Marin Cilic).
Stakhovsky is also playing his first career ATP singles semifinal; he did reach a quarterfinal before on the ATP circuit, at Milan in 2005 (falling to Robin... |
2008-02-29
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| Ljubicic, Ancic Headline Thursday Play in Zagreb |
| cic, who are meeting for the first time. World No. 79 Haase is contesting his third quarterfinal of 2008 (0-2), having reached the last eight in Chennai (l. to Cilic) and last week in Rotterdam (l. to eventual champion Llodra). The 20-year-old, who is making his debut in Zagreb, recorded victories over Michael Berrer and No... |
2008-02-28
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Recent fan comments for Marin Cilic:
 | | Tennisnakama Says:
Marin Cilic is a rising 19 yr old Croat. He will face at Pacific Life Open
(March 14 first round) another teen overnight sensation from Japan, 18 yr
old Kei Nishikori. It'll be fun to watch.
Posted on March 3, 2008 at 06:45 ET
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