Marin Cilic wins PBZ Zagreb Indoors 2010

Zagreb, Croatia
February 07, 2010 

Top-seed and World No. 10 Marin Cilic lost a set for the first time in the tournament, but successfully defended the PBZ Zagreb Indoors title. Cilic beat No. 65 Michael Berrer of Germany 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3 to retain the title. This is Cilic's fifth career ATP singles title out of seven final appereances. With this win, Cilic has improved his 2010 match record to 15-1. He successfully defended the Aircel Chennai Open 2010 title defeating Stanislas Wawrika, lost in the semifinal of Australian Open 2010 Andy Murray earlier.

Player quotes

Marin Cilic
"I would say this [title] is the [most] special one. I did not have much time to adjust after the Australian Open; it was not easy to meet people's expectations. I am proud about what I've done,"
“I was surprised with the level of his game,"
"It's not that I underestimated him; it's just that I did not expect this level of tennis in his first major final. There were no ups and downs in his game; I had to earn every point."
“I was not as fast today as I was in the previous rounds. I have played lot of matches this year, but it was also mentally tough. Now I can relax."

Michael Berrer
“I was sure that it would be a very, very tough match,"
"But I felt I had chances because with the way I play I can hurt players and I did today, but at the end he showed that he is a Top 10 player. There’s a difference in playing a guy like him than playing a guy outside the Top 20."
“If I can work on this level then I can get to a high ranking,"
"Now, I hope I’m in a good way but you have to be lucky to stay healthy and everything, but so far, so good. If I can go on playing like this then I think I can get in the area of the top players and that will be really a success for me."

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