Wimbledon: Cilic continues rolling back the years with third round victory over Munar
Marin Cilic edged out Jaume Munar 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday evening and will play Italian Flavio Cobolli, the No 22 seed, in the next round
Imago / Psnewz
Croat Marin Cilic advanced to the last 16 of Wimbledon by edging out Spaniard Jaume Munar 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Saturday evening.
Cilic, ranked No 83, will face Italian Flavio Cobolli, the No 22 seed, next.
Earlier in the tournament, the 36-year-old Croat edged out Englishman Jack Draper, the No 4 seed (6-4, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4) and beat Belgian Raphael Collignon (6-3, 6-4, 6-3).
Munar, ranked No 55, won against Hungarian Fabian Marozsan (6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (9)) and Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 28 seed (6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2) in the previous rounds of The Championships.
London (Grand Slam), other third-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 53.500.000, most recent results first):
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Novak Djokovic: saturday
- Ben Shelton vs. Marton Fucsovics: saturday
- Alex De Minaur (11) beat August Holmgren (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Lorenzo Sonego: saturday
- Grigor Dimitrov (19) beat Sebastian Ofner: 6-3, 6-4, 7-6
- Jannik Sinner (1) beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
- Flavio Cobolli beat Jakub Mensik (15): 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
- Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Karen Khachanov (17) beat Nuno Borges: 7-6 (6), 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8)
- Nicolas Jarry (Q) beat Joao Fonseca: 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (4)
- Kamil Majchrzak beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6)
- Jordan Thompson beat Luciano Darderi: 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Cameron Norrie beat Mattia Bellucci: 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-3
- Andrey Rublev (14) beat Adrian Mannarino (Q): 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
- Taylor Fritz (5) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (26): 6-4, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-1
People in this post
More tennis news
Tennis fans: Balance match excitement with digital fun
US Open mixed doubles semi-finals set as all four specialist teams eliminated, Serena and Alcaraz lose in quarters
August 26, 1986: The day John McEnroe lost in the opening round of the US Open for the first and only time
“Maybe I should start a career in pickleball” – Medvedev jokes after Damm becomes his fourth loss in five matches
Roger Federer backs Novak Djokovic for a 25th major and breaks down the injury wave hitting Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner