Marin Cilic (Cro) vs. Ivo Karlovic (Cro) – Result prediction (17.10.2019)

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Third seed Marin Cilic enters ATP Moscow after suffering a disappointing straight-set defeat at the hands of Albert Ramos Vinolas in the first round of Shanghai Masters last week. Cilic has competed in 17 tournaments on the main tour so far in 2019, and six of those campaigns ended in the opening round. Former world #3 Marin Cilic is nowhere near his best at the moment, but he shouldn’t be asking for a better venue to get back to the winning ways. He never exited this tournament without bagging a win and managed to win the title during his recent two visits in 2014 and 2015.

2019 has been a season to forget for former world #3 Marin Cilic as he has won only 22 matches in these nine months and had made only two quarterfinal appearances on the main tour. As a result of this poor run, Marin Cilic dropped to #25 in the ATP World Rankings and lost the Croatian #1 tag to Borna Coric. The 40-year-old Ivo Karlovic added one more win to his tally by stopping the in-form Aljaz Bedene in the first round of ATP Moscow earlier this week. It was a solid performance from the Croatian as he fired a whopping 35 aces, held all his service games, and broke the Slovenian’s serve once, 6-4 6-7 7-6.

The big-serving Ivo Karlovic has got an excellent record in Moscow as he reached the semifinal here during his recent two visits in 2012 and 2013. A win on Thursday would give him the first quarterfinal appearance on the main tour since ATP Pune (season-opener). Their H2H is tied at 3-3, but Marin Cilic won their previous two meetings on indoor hardcourt — in Zagreb 2010 and Paris Masters 2016. Neither of them is playing their best tennis at the moment, and this match might probably be settled in the tiebreakers.

Match Info.

Competition: ATP – SINGLES: Moscow (Russia), hard (indoor) – 1/8-finals.
Start: 17.10.2019, 17:10 UTC.


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