(Reuters) - Marin Cilic launched his grasscourt campaign when he survived a tricky opener against Janko Tipsarevic at the Den Bosch Open on Thursday, blasting down 17 aces in a 6-7(6) 6-2 6-4 victory. World number seven Cilic failed to convert any of three set points in the opening set tiebreak against Serb Tipsarevic, but took four straight games from 2-2 in the second set to level. "Janko has been at the top of the tennis game and is a quality player." "I'm playing way, way better than at the start of the year and my claycourt game helped me to get into the right hitting zone," said Cilic. "It was good as I was here preparing here for the past seven days," he said.

Source: The Star June 15, 2017 16:07 UTC