Cilic v. Melzer in Vienna final.
by bahamaderek on Nov.01, 2009, under Jurgen Melzer, Marin Cilic
Jurgen Melzer became the first Austrian to reach the Vienna final in 13 years after beating Janko Tipsarevic in their Bank Austria TennisTrophy semi-final.
Seventh seed Melzer won 4-6 7-6 (7/5) 6-4 on Sunday to secure a showdown with world number 13 Marin Cilic, a man to whom he has lost in their three previous meetings.
Croat Cilic beat fourth seed Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4 7-6 (7/4) to reach the final and hopes the pressure will be stacked on home favourite Melzer.
“I think it’s going to be a really good experience for me, playing a home player who is going to be carried by the home crowd,” said the top seed.
“Probably it’s going to be a little bit like Davis Cup. I’m just going to try and do well. The key thing would be that I serve well to get some free points and from there we’ll see. He might feel some pressure and if I get some chances I hope I’m going to take them.”
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