Croatian tennis player Marin Cilic defeated American Taylor Fritz in the final of the St. Petersburg Open.
The meeting lasted 2 hours 25 minutes and ended with a score of 7: 6 (7: 3), 4: 6, 6: 4.
The 35th racket in the world made 12 aces, made 7 double faults and converted 5 of 7 break points. His 28th-ranked rival in the ATP rankings recorded 10 innings through, 5 double faults and 5 breaks.
Cilic is 33 years old and won his 20th ATP title, as well as his second title in St. Petersburg (he took his first in 2011). Horvath is the 2014 US Open winner and a finalist at 2017 Wimbledon and 2018 Australian Open.
Last week, he reached the final at the VTB Kremlin Cup tournament in Moscow, where he lost to Russian Aslan Karatsev.
ATP 250. St. Petersburg Open. Saint-Petersburg, Russia). Hard. Prize fund – $ 863,705
Marin Cilic (Croatia) – Taylor Fritz (USA, 5) – 7: 6 (7: 3), 4: 6, 6: 4