Tennis

Cilic defeats Roddick to reach semi final in Australian Open

26.01.2010 u 13:47

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Croatia's Marin Cilic defeated U.S. Andy Roddick ( 7-6 6-3 3-6 2-6 6-3) in their Australian Open quarter-final on Tuesday.

Cilic thus ensured his first grandslam semi-final.

His rival in this semi-final will be the winner of the duel Rafael Nadal -Andy Murray.

Cilic is the first Croatian tennis player to reach an Australian Open semi-final.