ATP Tennis: Berdych, Cilic Pointed at Shenzhen Final
The Shenzhen Open made its ATP World Tour 250 debut last year, with Andy Murray taking down the title in a tight three-set victory over Tommy Robredo. World’s No. 5 Tomas Berdych and No. 14 Marin Cilic are the top two seeds and the top two favorites going into this week’s ATP World Tour 250 event, the Shenzhen Open. Robredo is the third seed and third favorite. All three players were given buys to the second round, where they were relatively big favorites going into Wednesday’s action.
Berdych has enjoyed a pretty good 2015 campaign, using his big serve and his ground strokes to reach the semifinals at the Australian Open. The Czech native is 25-8 on the hard court this year.
Cilic, who won the US Open in 2014, started off slowly this year with a shoulder injury and is just 23-14 overall in singles action, including 9-5 on the hard court. Cilic did make it to the semifinals at Flushing Meadows last month before losing to Novak Djokovic.
Berdych has had the better 2015 campaign, and he’s 7-5 lifetime against Cilic. However, he’s taken four of his last seven meetings with Berdych, including the quarterfinals of his breakthrough win at 2014 US Open.
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