News, Reviews, Headlines for the world of Tennis (tennis news)
 | Marin Cilic won in St. Petersburg30-10-2011 |
Croat Marin Cilic won the international tennis tournament in St. Petersburg (Russia) in prize money 663,750 dollars. In the final Cilic beat No. 2 in scheme Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia) with 6:3, 3:6, 6:2 to 2:17. For 22 th in the world Cilic is first victory of the season and sixth of his career. Croatia, for which it was quarter-finals this year, made three breaks in the match by winning the last game. Cilic made a breakthrough in the sixth game of the first set, but allowed a breakthrough at the beginning of the second set. Croatia failed to lead to a breakthrough in the sixth game of the third set and third machbol reach victory. Tipsarevic, number 13 in world rankings, even failed to win a third title in his career.