News - Mario Ančić
Former champion Croatia advanced to the 2009 Davis Cup quarterfinals Saturday by building an insurmountable 3-0 lead over Chile at Porec, Croatia. The homestanding Croatians forged their advantage with a 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 doubles victory by Mario Ancic and Marin Cilic against Paul Capdeville and Nicolas
Marin Cilic piled up seven served breaks in a straight-set rout that gave Croatia a 2-0 lead in its best-of-five, first-round Davis Cup series against Chile. Cilic needed just an hour and a half to complete a 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 victory over Paul Capdeville in Friday's second match in Porec, Croatia.
Second-seeded Marin Cilic won Sunday's final at the Zagreb Indoors tennis tournament with a 6-3, 6-4 triumph against compatriot Mario Ancic. The victory gave Cilic his second ATP singles title this season and the third of his career. The 20-year-old Cilic navigated the tournament in his hometown without dropping a set in any of his five matches, and faced a tiebreak on his serve just once. It's a great feeling, I'm playing very well, Cilic said after improving his record this season to 13-1.
Second-seeded Marin Cilic and seventh-seeded Mario Ancic of Croatia advanced Saturday to the championship match of the Zagreb Indoors tennis tournament. Cilic, the tournament's No. 2 seed, was a 6-2, 7-5 victor against improved rising star Viktor Troicki of Serbia.
Croatians Marin Cilic and Mario Ancic reached the semifinals Friday at the Zagreb Indoors, the first European event on the 2009 ATP Tour. Cilic, seeded second, defeated Antonio Veic 6-2, 7-6 (8-6) to run his match record this season to 11-1.
