{"id":85025,"date":"2016-11-04T19:02:37","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T18:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/?p=85025"},"modified":"2016-11-04T22:17:45","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T21:17:45","slug":"cilic-upsets-novak-in-paris-quarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/cilic-upsets-novak-in-paris-quarters\/","title":{"rendered":"Cilic upsets Novak in Paris quarters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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No.9 seed Marin Cilic recorded his first career win over world no.1 Novak Djokovic on Friday at the BNP Paribas Masters<\/a>, on his 15th attempt. The Croat beat the defending champion in quarter-final action 6-4, 7-6 (2).<\/strong><\/p>\n

With the defeat, Novak dropped to a 61-8 record on the season. The match lasted one hour and 44 minutes.<\/p>\n

Cilic started well, breaking the top seed in the second game. The Belgrade native fought back and held for 2-2, but was broken again and the 2014 US Open titlist moved ahead.<\/p>\n

Djokovic\u00a0broke at 4-all in the second set and had a chance to serve it out, but double faulted twice to hand the break back to the Croat. Cilic clinched the tie-breaker in convincing fashion 7-2, and\u00a0will meet American John Isner in Saturday’s semi-final.<\/p>\n

“He definitely played better today, and he deserved to win… I wasn’t on the level that I could have been on,”<\/strong> Novak said. “I was also… in a good position to take the match into the third set, and then two double faults. Just in important moments I wasn’t able to deliver.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Match statistics<\/u>: aces (3-9), double faults (2-2), total points won (68-74).<\/p>\n

Novak will next travel to London to compete at the season finale, the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals<\/a>, taking place at The O2 Arena (November 13 \u2013 20).<\/strong><\/p>\n

The four-time defending champion\u00a0will be making his 10th appearance at the world\u2019s biggest indoor tournament.<\/p>\n

Photo: Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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