Marin Cilic battles past countryman Borna Coric to reach last eight in Rotterdam

ByPA Sport

Published 16/02/2017 at 18:31 GMT

Top seed Marin Cilic booked his place in the quarter-finals of the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament with a 6-1 2-6 6-4 victory over fellow Croatian Borna Coric in Rotterdam.

Marin Cilic progressed to the quarter-finals of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam

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Top seed Marin Cilic booked his place in the quarter-finals of the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament with a 6-1 2-6 6-4 victory over fellow Croatian Borna Coric in Rotterdam.

After coasting through the opening set, the world number seven found himself trailing 4-2 when broken in the second set, before then losing serve again as Coric rallied.

Any hopes of an upset, though, were ended as Cilic finally forced a breakthrough in a lengthy game seven of the deciding set and went on to close out victory in just under two hours. He will next face sixth-seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

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