Rublev

Marin Cilic is through to the semi-finals of the French Open after surviving a five-set battle against Andrey Rublev.

Rublev backhand into the net and Cilic holds to take the set. Another big Cilic first serve and Rublev can't get the return back in play. Cilic backhand into the net, 40-15. Cilic backhand into the net, 0-30. Cilic forehand into the net, deuce. Cilic forehand wide, 0-15. Cilic starts the set with a hold to 15. Rublev hangs on after a Cilic forehand error. Saved by Rublev as Cilic nets a forehand. Incredible point ends with a Cilic forehand down the line. Cilic backhand into the net, 30-0. Cilic forehand winner, 2-6.

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The 24-year-old's classy gesture came in the head of battle after more than three hours played, with Rublev having taken the fourth set to force a decider. "Please, please, please, please," he continued, as he was told the mark showed his shot had landed outside of the line. Andrey Rublev conceded a point to his opponent Marin Cilic deep into their French Open quarter-final after the Croat pleaded with the umpire to overturn a line call.

Marin Cilic broke new ground at Roland-Garros after reaching the French Open semi-finals for the first time with a five-set victory over Andrey Rublev.

It was played with a lot of heart. One break was enough to decide the first two sets, and it proved to be the case in the third as well, with Cilic taking the lead thanks to a break in the seventh game. “I played that kind of tennis all match.

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The 20th seed frequently found acute angles with his groundstrokes to keep Rublev on the move, and Cilic clinched another crucial solitary break for 4-3 in the third after targeting the Rublev second serve. A tight fifth set saw few chances until Cilic missed a forehand into the net on match point at 5-4, but the Croatian made no mistake in the tie-break. Cilic gave the seventh seed no chance to convert as he consistently found huge serves at key moments, but Rublev continued to hit aggressively with his return and the pressure told. Despite dropping a tight first set to one of the biggest ball-strikers on the ATP Tour, it was Cilic whose power-hitting came good as he manoeuvred Rublev around Court Philippe Chatrier to great effect. "I played that kind of tennis the whole match, and especially the fifth set was an incredible battle. The 33-year-old is just the fifth active player to reach semi-finals of all four Grand Slams, alongside Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray.

The world No 23 defeated his Russian opponent 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6( 2) and has now reached the semi-finals of every grand slam tournament.

But this year at the French Open he has done so, reaching the semi-final here for the first time in his career by defeating Andrey Rublev, the seventh seed, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(2) in one of the best matches of the tournament so far. With his success in Paris, he will also cross the $30m (£24m) mark for prize money. He played a great tiebreak, the first ever seen on Court Philippe Chatrier, filled with nuclear forehand winners and big serving, to advance.

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At least I did a better score and I was closer than other matches, but still, is the same thing." Asked about why he has failed to reach the semi-finals at majors, Rublev answered: "Everything mental. The third set saw Rublev struggling against Cilic's serve but he played aggressively in the fourth to force a decider.

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Rublev, a big hitter in his own right, ended the match with a relatively low 15 aces and 35 winners. “Andrey played incredibly well and it was an incredible performance on the court – a lot of heart. Especially, the fifth set was an incredible battle,” Cilic said afterward. His service games were more comfortable, although he had to escape a 0-30 hole before holding to take a two-set-to-one lead. I played that kind of tennis the whole match. Although Cilic managed to stave off three break points in the seventh game and two more in the ninth, Rublev finally converted his sixth break-point opportunity thanks to a Cilic forehand error to take a 6-5 lead and then wrapped up the first set by striking his 17th ace of the contest.

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Rublev was thrown off balance and struggled to read the Croatian’s serve. One had to go down and today was my day,” said 20th seed Cilic, who will play his first semi-final at Roland Garros. “The fifth set was an incredible battle.

Marin Cilic is into his first Grand Slam semi-final for more than four years after he beat Andrey Rublev in an epic French Open quarter-final clash.

Rublev was thrown off balance and struggled to read the Croatian’s serve. It went down to the super tie-break, in which Cilic added powerful returns to his huge first serve to prevail on the second match point when Rublev buried a backhand into the net. Neither player could find a break of serve in the fifth set as it went to a super tie-break, which Cilic won 10-2 to book his place in the last four at Roland Garros for the first time.

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Rublev had claimed four of the pair’s six encounters but his 33-year-old opponent showed some of his brilliant hard-court best in a return to form at Melbourne Park when he rolled Rublev under lights in the third round in January. He dropped a set in each of his four prior matches, including the fourth round in which he benefitted from the retirement of Jannik Sinner to a knee injury. Rublev had denied Novak Djokovic to win the Serbian’s home tournament in Belgrade, but had not won a set in any of his four previous visits to a Grand Slam quarter-final.