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1/6/10 10:38 PM | Ricky Dimon
Marin Cilic fights past Marcel Granollers into the quarterfinals of the Chennai Open on Wednesday. Janko Tipsarevic and Thiemo De Bakker move on in much easier fashion.
(2) Marin Cilic d. Marcel Granollers 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-4
Cilic kept his back-to-back title hopes alive by coming back from a set deficit to beat Granollers in the Chennai second round on Wednesday. The 2009 tournament champion was never troubled on serve in the first set, but he faltered in the tiebreaker and won just three of 10 points. Nonetheless, Cilic was able to wrest control of the match from Granollers. The No. 2 seed--the top remaining seed now that Robin Soderling is out--broke serve three times in the second and twice more in the third to secure his victory after two hours and 46 minutes. Cilic converted five of 14 break-point opportunities while the 91st-ranked Spaniard capitalized on three of his seven chances. The world No. 14 will face Santiago Giraldo for a spot in Saturday's semifinals.
(4) Janko Tipsarevic d. (WC) Somdev Devvarman 6-1, 6-2
There will be no repeat run to the final for Indian hopeful Devvarman, who ran into an in-form Tipsarevic on Wednesday. Devvarman simply had no answer for Chennai's No. 4 seed, who was simply devastating with his return game from start to finish. Tipsarevic broke serve a whopping seven times as Devvarman won a shockingly bad 29 percent of his first-serve points. The world No. 38 surrendered serve twice, but it mattered little since he was able to dictate play from the baseline at will. Next up for Tipsarevic is up-and-coming Dutchman Thiemo De Bakker.
Thiemo De Bakker d. Robin Haase 6-3, 6-4
De Bakker cruised through this all-Dutch showdown in one hour and 19 minutes. Haase showed signs of rust having missed most of the past two seasons with a wrist injury while De Bakker picked up where he left off in 2009, when he broke into the Top 100 at No. 96 in the world. De Bakker faced no break points in the opening frame of play, so one break of his own was enough for him to seize a one-set advantage. The second progressed in much different fashion, but the result was similar. De Bakker broke serve three times and Haase broke twice before De Bakker finally served out the proceedings at 5-4.
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it was wrist most of the time. But yeah, Haase has had all kinds of physical problems.
RickyDimon , 1/7/10 1:16 AM
Ricky, I didn't get to see the Cilic match. How was his performance? Was he playing as well as he did during last year's Beijing tournament?
luckystar , 1/7/10 6:33 AM
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Tiny comment: Robin Haase has been out with a knee injury for 1,5 year, not a wrist injury.
Following the score, I did believe the tournament would lose Cilic as well, but he surely recovered.
2flow , 1/6/10 11:45 PM