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London – Marin Cilic suffered a shock Wimbledon second-round exit while last year's finalist blew a two-set lead in his 3- 6, 1-6 6-4, 7-6 (7/3), 7-5 defeat to Argentine Guido Pella on Thursday
When the rain forced the draw Wednesday night, the third head of Cilic series led by two sets against an unexpected opponent who had never won a match at Wimbledon before this year
But the Croatian, who lost to Roger Federer in the 2017 final, collapsed once the match resumed on Court One and the number 82 world Pella. Cilic, 2014 champion of the American Open, was supposed to take up a major challenge for the Wimbledon title after winning the grbad field on Queen & # 39; s Club two weeks ago
. The great 29-year-old lost only once to a player as low as Pella at Wimbledon, when he was beaten by the numbed world 10 years ago, Arnaud Clément
but after reaching the final of the Australian Open and the quarterfinals of the Open de France earlier in the year, Cilic experienced one of the worst results of its career
. Grand Slam for the first time.
The 28-year-old admitted that the late night rain had been a huge boost as it allowed him to change his tactics and launch a sensational riposte.
Pella said, "So, the rain has helped me a lot. Today I played differently, I tried to be more aggressive, he began to feel uncomfortable.
"I tried to hit the ball hard and beat myself for each ball and I think that in the end that's why I won … much more confident, served better and was so calm until the end.I am very happy. "
Wimbledon results on Thursday, the fourth day of the 2018 championships (x denotes seeded player):
Men
2nd round [19659013] Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x25) and Gilles Muller (LUX) 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/3)
Kevin Anderson (RSA) x8) by Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-4
John Isner (United States x9) bt Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) 6- 1, 6-4, 6-7 (6/8)), 6-7 (3/7), 7-5
Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE x31) by Jared Donaldson (United States) 6-3, 6 -2, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3 [19659016] Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) by Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 7-6 (9/7), 6-3, 7-6 (8/6) [19659013] Frances Tiafoe (United States) by Julien Benneteau (FRA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Gilles Simon (FRA) d e Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 6-2
Women
2nd Round
Daria Gavrilova (AUS x26) with Samantha Stosur (AUS) 6-4, 6-1
Ashleigh Barty (AUS x17) with Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 6-4, 7-5
Angelique Kerber (GER x11) by Claire Liu ( USA) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
Naomi Osaka (JPN x18) by Katie Boulter (GBR) 6-3, 6-4
Barbora Strycova (CZE x23) bt Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 6-1, 6-4
Katerina Siniakova (CZE) on the Jabeur (TUN) 5-7, 6-4, 9-7
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