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Cilic captures his 2nd. title of 2010.

by bahamaderek on Feb.07, 2010, under Marin Cilic

Top-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia successfully defended his Zagreb Indoors title by beating Michael Berrer of Germany in three sets on Sunday.

Cilic won 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4 in two hours and 38 minutes to claim his second title of the year and the fifth of his career.

The 22-year-old Croatian has been in good form this season, winning in Chennai, India, in January and reaching the semifinals at the Australian Open to break into the top 10 in the world rankings for the first time in his career.

For the first time in this tournament — and last year’s — Cilic lost a set.

After winning all five matches last year in straight sets he was close to repeating the feat this year before Berrer forced a deciding set by taking the second set tiebreak.

Cilic never lost his serve in the final, saving all six break points he faced.

The third and decisive set was decided by a lone break in the fourth game. Cilic served for the match at 5-3, saved two break points and hit his 13th ace to clinch the title.

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