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Marin Cilic beats Jurgen Melzer to win Zagreb Indoors

Associated Press | Posted on Feb 10, 2013 at 11:51pm IST

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Zagreb: Top-seed Marin Cilic defeated Austrian Jurgen Melzer 6-3, 6-1 on Sunday to win his third title at the Zagreb Indoors.

Cilic cruised to his ninth career title, closing the match in just over an hour. Cilic also won the tournament in 2009 and '10.

He converted 4 out of 12 break points and broke early in the match for a 2-0 lead, and again to lead 5-3 in the first set.

Marin Cilic beats Jurgen Melzer to win Zagreb Indoors

Cilic cruised to his ninth career title, closing the match in just over an hour.

Melzer won just one more game by the end of the match, while Cilic fired 33 winners.

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Marin Cilic

Posted on Feb 22, 2013 at 09:34AM IST
Marin Čilić (born September 28, 1988 in Međugorje, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a tennis player from Croatia. His career high ATP ranking is no. 13, achieved on May 18, 2009. ...

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Posted on May 17, 2013 at 05:19PM IST
Jürgen Melzer (born 22 May, 1981) is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 26 on 18 May, 2009, and a doubles ranking of No. 17 on 19 March 2007. Melzer plays left-handed and is 182 cm (6'0") tall. In 1999, he w ...

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