Marin Cilic dumped out of Rio Open by Gael Monfils
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - FEBRUARY 22: Gael Monfils of France celebrates after winning his match against Marin Cilic of Croatia during the ATP Rio Open 2018 at Jockey Club Brasileiro on February 22, 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)
World number three Marin Cilic was dumped out of the Rio Open in rain-plagued conditions by Frenchman Gael Monfils.
Monfils will now play Diego Schwartzman in the quarter-final after overcoming Cilic 6-3 7-6 (10/8).
Fourth seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas lost 7-5 6-3 to Nicolas Jarry, who will now play Pablo Cuevas after his 7-5 6-1 success over Gastao Elias.
Dominic Thiem, the second seed, progressed when opponent Pablo Andujar retired during the first set.
Fernando Verdasco, Aljaz Bedene and Fabio Fognino also went through.
