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 | Cilic dropped out of the launch in Rome12-05-2015 |
The champion from Australian Open United States, Marine Cilic (Croatia) exited in the first round of the tournament of the series 'Masters' in the Italian capital Rome with 3830295 euros in prize money. The number 9, Cilic lost to the Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez with 4:6, 3:6.
The Croatian was unable to capitalize on any of his five break opportunities and was dropped from the race after 104 minutes a game.
Garcia-Lopez, who disposed of nine ACEs, expected in the second round Aleksandr Dolgopolov (Ukraine), who eliminated Martin Klizan (Slovakia) with 6:4, 6:1.