Marin Cilic’s US Open title defense is up and running after the world #9 picked up a three set win over #94 Guido Pella on Monday. Cilic needed tiebreakers in the second and third sets to come out on top, but turned up the intensity in the crucial moments, taking the match 6-3, 7-6 (3), 7-6(3). Cilic will play #139 Evgeny Donskoy in the second round, and will expect an easy victory.
Ivo Karlovic also got off to a winning start, eliminating Argentine Federico Delbonis, #63 in the world, in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5. The big serving Croat fired in 21 aces and successfully held serve on all 17 service games. Karlovic, ranked #21 in the world, will play #48 Jiri Vesely in the second round.
Ana Konjuh was the Croatia’s lone winner on the women’s side, knocking off world #66 Tatjana Maria 6-4, 6-4. Konjuh made just four unforced errors in the match and broke Maria’s serve six times. She’ll take on #133 Daria Kasatkina in a very winnable second round contest.
Croatia’s other three participants fared less impressively. Borna Coric, who looks to be Croatia’s next big star, was given a terrible draw, and fell in the first round to #8 Rafa Nadal, losing 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 to the Spanish superstar. Coric has advanced beyond the first round in three out of five grand slam appearances. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni fell in three sets to Kiki Bertens, and qualifier Tereza Mrdeza fell swiftly to Evgeniya Rodina, 6-2, 6-2.
@Ivo
i agree but i dont get it with kramaric, just figured by now he would be a legit striker, guess it will take more time…
I think Baku in Azerbaijan is 5 hours only behind Aus ? That’s my calculations.. so it’s 4 hours till gametime.. 7 pm here now ! Yesh !
As I continue to lose my bets on the US Open, I am left to wonder just how far Doper Colic can go this year. His form coming in was nothing to make you think he would have an extended run into the second week. Draw has been very kind so far.
Also, who do you guys think Vekic is with tonight? Wawrinka, the Aussie Greek or another man.
To be fair Kramaric and Muric have not earned the right based on their respective play to be a legit national team player.
@iggy…..you aue it is 11 pm your time. I was under the impression the game is 11 am NYC time in the US. So, wouldn’t that make the game around 5 am your time?
I doubt Modric would say anything to hurt Mamic. He probably fears retribution from Mamic and his people. Plus, for all we know Modric might be OK with the personal services agreement he has with Mamic.Paying whatever he pays him each year could be worth the peace of mind for him.
Remember, we are a country of mental midgets. Da Silva challanged Mamic and won. Only others who have challanged Mamic are Kramaric and Muric and neither one right now is a legit national team player.
Sweet the Azerbaijan game is 11 pm Aus time ! I finally get to see a Hrvatska game at a godly hour ! Yesh !
Cilic with another straight sets win. Might play Dimitrov next which is more of a challenge.
Luka Modric met up with USKOK. Should be interesting what he said or didn’t say about Mamic. Please comment only if you’re a professional lawyer and understand the law from an actual perspective.
and for those that don’t know the story
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/david-diehl-offensive-line-star-ny-giants-busted-smashing-ride-multiple-parked-cars-article-1.1093248
the story with a nice pic of Diehl in our dres and the hole in the wall bar in Astoria where we watch NT games
@ Ziva
regarding Diehl, I was at the bar he was at for a bit and then went back to my original bar – I mean, he was having a good time to say the least, jock sniffing central though by the part of the bar he was at, i kept my distance and just stuck with a cousin of mine and her crew
from my ‘inside sources’, a number of people who offered to give him a ride were told no… he wasn’t willing to give up his keys and from the sound of it, seemed ok walking out of the place (unlike me, who was shit canned)
croatian or not, when a 6’5” 300+ pound NFL linemen refuses to give up his keys or take a ride, what are you gonna do???? beat it out of him?? LOL
EuroBasket is days away and now we have the head of the basketball federation (a politician) calling out the business community in Croatia for not investing in sponsorships opportunities for the tournament and not getting behind the tournament
Typical old school mentality…….here it is, so buy it. Too bad the real marketing world doesn’t work like that.
The first game against Slovenia is sold out, but plenty of speculation that is a sell out only because Slovenian fans purchased a decent number of tickets. Its going to be pretty sad that our first game in the tourney on home soil will have a good number of Slovenia fans in the stands. Right now, none of the other four matches in ZG are sell outs.
Is Vekic even in NYC? Or is she following Wawrinka around?
question about the diapora dudes in Astoria……..are they the same ones who were jock sniffing Diehl, fed him drinks and then allowed him to leave drunk and smash his car. I mean, if you are going to jock sniff, at least look out for the guy.
so what are the chances that Donna takes Ana for a night out and “paints the city red”? how many dudes will they round up?
all the diaspora dudes in Astoria should be on high alert!
#budiponosan
Onya MARIN DA MAN
In cunt news, Kyrgios smashing his racket, falling asleep on court, etc.
I was watching a comedy show here in Aus the other day and they were mentioning how he is on a suspended sentence and someone asked do you think he can go six months without another infringement and activating the suspension? And a lady in reply said, well, looking at his hair, probably not.
This is one case where ziva is right about frosted hair and look at me syndrome. Can’t wait for the cunt to be actually suspended.