• Cilic wins 6-4,6-4, 3-6, and 6-7,6-4
• Croatian on course to defend title in New YorkAt this rate Marin Cilic can not stay under the radar much longer. The big-serving Croat is back in the US Open semi-finals after a 6-4, 6-4, or 3-6,6-7, 6-4 win over France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Tuesday afternoon, and a result that should finally serve notice that final year’s surprise speed to the title was no fluke. He has now won 12 straight matches on the blue tough courts of Flushing Meadows and can book a return trip to the final with one more win on Friday,against either the No1 seed Novak Djokovic or the No18 Feliciano Lopez, who meet in the night session.
As much as Cilic’s surprise speed final year caught the sport unawares, or the defending champion has made even more surreptitious progress in his title defence.
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Source: theguardian.com