Pella upsets Cilic in Wimbledon 2nd round
Thursday - July 5, 2018 10:20 pm ,
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Pella upsets Cilic in Wimbledon 2nd round
London July 5 (IANS) Argentina s Guido Pella on Thursday rallied from two sets down to pull off a big upset defeating Marin Cilic of Croatia the third seed 3-6 1-6 6-4 7-6 (7-3) 7-5 in a rain-interrupted second-round match at Wimbledon.
Pella world No 82 was trailing two sets down but a break in play in the third due to rain on Wednesday caused the match to be resumed on Thursday and Pella came back a new man dominating play over the final three sets and improving his overall record with the 2017 Wimbledon runner-up Cilic to 1-1 reported Efe.
Cilic world No 5 had victory slip through his fingers as he lost the third set and then squandered a 3-1 lead in the fourth and finally gave away three break points in the fifth.
On the fourth match point Pella booked a place to the third round of the tournament for the first time in his career.
Pella is set to take on the US Mackenzie McDonald who defeated Chile s Nicolas Jarry 7-6 (7-5) 5-7 3-6 6-2 11-9.
--IANS kk/vd
Pella world No 82 was trailing two sets down but a break in play in the third due to rain on Wednesday caused the match to be resumed on Thursday and Pella came back a new man dominating play over the final three sets and improving his overall record with the 2017 Wimbledon runner-up Cilic to 1-1 reported Efe.
Cilic world No 5 had victory slip through his fingers as he lost the third set and then squandered a 3-1 lead in the fourth and finally gave away three break points in the fifth.
On the fourth match point Pella booked a place to the third round of the tournament for the first time in his career.
Pella is set to take on the US Mackenzie McDonald who defeated Chile s Nicolas Jarry 7-6 (7-5) 5-7 3-6 6-2 11-9.
--IANS kk/vd
