Marin Cilic shares plan to beat Rafael Nadal
Marin Cilic defeated John Isner in a four-set match at the US Open. The American hit 40 aces but it was still Cilic to prevail. "Call it either lucky, to be a little bit lucky in that third-set tiebreak or just John missing a couple of his first serves when he needed them", said the Croat in a press conference. "Just getting the return back on the 6-4 score. Just being in the rally, giving myself a shot to win the points. Just grinding it. You can't do much when he's serving like that. You have to just be positive and, you know, wait for your chance when it comes. Luckily it came at critical moment. I took it. That definitely influenced the match really a lot."
On his next match against Rafael Nadal, Cilic added: "He's definitely having a great season and playing really well. Play in Montreal great tennis, definitely on a nice roll. We played quite a few times already. We know each other really well. Definitely it's going to be on me on my own side of the court to try to serve well, be a little bit aggressive, and try to impose my game as much as I can. Obviously it's going to be tough anyhow. I'm going to have to be ready for a tough battle. Hopefully I'm going to win that one."
Cilic has been going through a difficult season due to a knee injury.
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