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1/9/10 6:26 PM | Ricky Dimon
Stanislas Wawrinka beats Dudi Sela in a three-set thriller to reach the Chennai final on Saturday. Next up for Wawrinka is Marin Cilic, who breezed past Janko Tipsarevic in his bid for a successful title defense.
(3) Stanislas Wawrinka d. (5) Dudi Sela 6-4, 2-6, 7-5
A back-and-forth affair eventually saw Wawrinka prevail over Sela in two hours and 32 minutes to reach the Chennai Open final on Saturday evening. For a while it looked like it would be slightly more routine for the 21st-ranked Swiss, as he faced no break points in the opening set and used one break of his own to take it without much trouble.
At that point, however, the tide turnes swiftly and decisively. Sela started to dictate play with his one-handed backhanded and he dropped a mere six points in four service games of the second set. The fifth-seeded Israeli also started to be aggressive with his returns and he earned to breaks to easily forth a final set. Sela promptly went up an early break before the another huge momentum swing took place. Wawrinka broke back immediately and then finished off the match in style by adding another break with Sela serving to stay in the match at 5-6. Neither man served well (Sela had no aces and four double-faults, Wawrinka struck two aces and three doubles), but Wawinka was ever so slightly better in what was a furious baseline battle.
(2) Marin Cilic d. (4) Janko Tipsarevic 6-1, 6-3
Cilic extended his domination of Tipsarevic in emphatic fashion on Saturday, improving to 4-0 lifetime in their head-to-head series after one hour and 24 minutes. The 6'6'' Croat needed three sets to get past Tipsarevic in last year's Chennai quarterfinals on his way to the title, but this time the outcome was never in doubt. Cilic served at just 46 percent in the opening set, but he won 11 of 12 first-serve points and absolutely abused his opponent's serve. Chennai's No. 2 seed won all three of his return games and dictated play with ease even when Tipsarevic put his first serve in play.
Both men improved on serve in the second, but the result was virtually the same. Cilic faced no break points, so two more breaks of his own were more than enough for the world No. 14 to pocket a routine victory. Cilic's fifth break of the match finished off Tipsarevic in style. The 38th-ranked Serb wrapped up his hopeless effort with two aces and two double-faults while winning only 46 percent of both his first and second-serve points. Cilic struck six aces and two doubles as he booked a return trip to the Chennai Open final.
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