Marin Cilic overcomes Novak Djokovic to win second Queen’s title
Marin Cilic produced a great comeback to beat Novak Djokovic in the Fever-Tree Championship final.
The top seed saved a match point in the second set before going on to win 5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 in just under three hours to secure his first title of the year and 18th overall.
It’s a second #QueensClub title for @cilic_marin!
He saves a championship point and defeats Novak Djokovic 5-7 7-6(4) 6-3 #QueensTennis pic.twitter.com/NductjQz7A
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) June 24, 2018
Djokovic, who hasn’t won a title in nearly a year, broke in game 12 of the opening set and then manufactured a match point in game 10 of the second set.
However, Cilic held firm and then won the tie-breaker before claiming the crucial break in game eight of the decider.
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