Cilic Solid On Serve In Pune

Top seed Marin Cilic barely put a foot wrong on Thursday to advance to the Tata Open Maharashtra semi-finals with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over eighth-seeded Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert in 64 minutes. The Croatian lost just one of his first service points (23/24) and struck seven aces as he continued his bid to win a third title on Indian soil, following victories in 2009 and 2010, when the ATP World Tour 250 tournament was held in Chennai.

Cilic will next challenge France’s Gilles Simon, who was a 6-2, 6-3 winner over Spanish qualifier Ricardo Ojeda Lara. In other action today, second-seeded South African Kevin Anderson meets Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan, whilst fifth-seeded Dutchman Robin Haase takes on fourth seed and wild card Benoit Paire of France.

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