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Cilic Edges Closer to ATP Championships

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Marin Cilic’s performance in the finals of the ATP event in Vienna this past weekend edges him even closer to claim a spot in the coveted 8-person season-ending ATP World Tour Finals in London.

Marin is one the players on the “bubble” and played in his fourth ATP Tour final this season. He is currently ranked at number 13 on the ATP rankings.  Just three weeks after advancing to the final of the China Open, Cilic played in the final yesterday in Vienna, but ultimately lost to hometown favorite Juergen Meltzer 6-4, 6-3.

As reported by the ATP World Tour:

“The final was a great experience for me, another one in three or four weeks,” commented Cilic. ”He played really good this week and especially today in the final. He was able to sustain his tennis on a good level and when he got his chances he took all of them so it wasn’t easy for me to get the advantage.  The season was really good and I’m happy about it. These past two months I played really good and I’m looking forward for these next two tournaments in Basel and Paris, which I hope I’m going to play as well as here. I’m really happy that I made it this far [in the Battle for London],” said Cilic. ”I have a slight chance to make it, you never know what’s going to happen in the last two or three weeks of the season. There are always some surprises and definitely I’m in good form and hopefully I can win some matches and from there we’ll see what happens.”

Marin Cilic heads to the ATP event in Basel, Switzerland this week.

Good luck Marin!

Marin Cilic

Marin Cilic

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Cilic and Tipsarevic Advance to Vienna Semifinals

Friday, October 30th, 2009
Marin Cilic

Marin Cilic

Janko Tipsarevic

Janko Tipsarevic

Congratulations to Marin Cilic and Janko Tipsarevic! They both advanced to the semifinals of the ATP event in Vienna! Marin looks to capture his third title of the season and Janko his first.

Enjoy the following excerpt from an article on Reuters:

VIENNA (Reuters) - Top seed Marin Cilic stayed on course for a third ATP title this year with a comfortable victory over Spain’s Feliciano Lopez in their Vienna Open quarter-final on Friday.

The Croat, a wild card replacement for injured U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro, hit eight aces on his way to a 6-1 6-4 win over the sixth seed and 2004 champion to set up a semi-final with Germany’s Phillip Kohlschreiber.

http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSTRE59T44Z20091030

 

 

Serbia’s Janko Tipsarevic, runner-up in Moscow last week, sprang another surprise when he beat third-seeded Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-4 6-7 6-3.

 

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Marin Cilic Reaches Quarterfinals in Vienna

Friday, October 30th, 2009
Marin Cilic

Marin Cilic

Marin Cilic defeated Daniel Brands 7-6 (7), 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals of the BA Tennis Trophy in Vienna.  Cilic is looking for his thrid title of the season and a place in the draw of the ATP World Tour season-ending Final in London in December.

Marin has had a break-out year with strong results in the Grand Slams and two ATP World Tour Singles titles.  He faces Spaniard Feliciano Lopez, who beat Daniel Koellerer 63 63,  in the quarterfinals.

Good luck Marin!

 

http://tennis-atp.blogspot.com/2009/10/marin-cilic-reaches-quarterfinals-in.html

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Get to Know Marin Cilic

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Marin Cilic had a great run at the 2009 US Open before falling to eventual champion del Potro in the Quarterfinals. Cilic and his Croatian team play in the Semi-finals of the Davis Cup starting today in front of a home crowd in Porec, Croatia.

Marin answered a few of our questions about the US Open and Davis Cup yesterday.  Be sure to check out fila.com tonight to learn how you can steal Marin’s Davis Cup style!

Fila: How do you feel on reaching your first Grand Slam quarterfinal?
Marin Cilic:  Reaching quarterfinal for the first time feels great. It shows how well I can play and how good I was preparing for this tournament. This year and year before I had good successes on Grand Slam tournaments and that was also one of the reasons why i played good tennis there. I believe with a lot of work and good attitude I can improve even more.

Fila:  Part of your game worked really was instrumental in your win over the world number 2 Andy Murray?
MC: Definetely. On the beggining of the tournament I didn’t play great tennis but as I played more matches my game was coming together. I think that preparation for the match was crucial, my coach gave me a lot of good advices and then was easier to play. 
 
Fila:  What are your goals for the remainder of 2009?
MC: For the rest of the season several big tournaments are left and my goal is to continue to play good like I played last few weeks and results will come.

Fila: Your goals for 2010?
MC: For 2010 I would like to have best performances on grand slams as thats most important to me. This year I did very good on all of those tournaments and I believe that I can do even better next year.

Fila: What is your upcoming schedule?
MC:  I am playing in Davis Cup semifinal this weekend against Czech Republic, after that Beijing 500 tournament, Shanghai 1000 and Moscow.
 
Fila: Can Croatia win the 2009 Davis Cup?
MC:  Croatia has big potential to do well in Davis Cup cause we have solid team and our next tie is played at home. Eventual final could be against Spain or Israel, from my point of view we could play Spain which is again going to be in Croatia.
  
Fila: How do you relax before a match?
MC:  Before a match I am most of the time staying in the locker room or in quiet areas where I can find my peace. I dont like to walk aroun too much people, especially before matches. I make a good warm up, prepare mentally and tactically and I can go on the court.

Fila:  What will you work on during the off season in November/December?
MC: For the work in the off season I am gonna focus a lot on physical preparation and concerning tennis I will leave that to my coach. He has good vision what I have to work on to become much better.

Marin Cilic

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Fila Sponsors Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships

Monday, July 6th, 2009

Fila is the Official Supplier to the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, scheduled for July 6-12, 2009 which hosts 32 of the top players in the world on the legendary grass courts of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The first American stop on the ATP World Tour following Wimbledon, Newport is the only professional grass court tournament in North America.

Top pro players compete for the Van Alen Cup and $500,000 in prize money on the historic grass courts of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, one of the world’s most beautiful and intimate sporting venues.

The International Tennis Hall of Fame  and Museum is one of the most historic places in the game of tennis. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987.   Courtesy of the International Tennis  Hall of Fame, enjoy some interesting facts about the site of this week’s ATP event:

In 1881, the Newport Casino hosted the first men’s United States National Lawn Tennis Association tournament.  In 1915 that tournament was moved to Forest Hills, N.Y., and in1978 moved to Flushing Meadows, N.Y. We now know this tournament as the US Open.

The International Tennis Hall of Fame Museum holds over 16,000 objects in its permanent collection. The Information Research Center (IRC) consists of over 3,000 books, 250,000 photographs, and 3,300 audio-visual materials.

The museum presents a timeline of tennis history discussing its origins and growth by era from the 1880s to the present.

The center hallway of the Museum illustrates the changes in fashion, culture and equipment with prints, photos, and racquets. Additional galleries stem from the center hallway and focus on more specific themes.

The Museum showcases a number of unique artifacts, including the patent from Queen Victoria in 1874 for the game of lawn tennis. This patent was awarded to Major Walter Clopton Wingfield (Hall of Fame Class of 1997). Displayed with this unique historical document is Major Wingfield’s British Cavalry Officer’s uniform and sword.

The Grand Staircase at the Museum’s entrance presents 39 trophies, all won by Hall of Famers.

www.tennisfame.com

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International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum

International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum

International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum

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Check out Fila at Wimbledon!

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Fila is the Official Footwear Licensee of the Championships at Wimbledon. During the fortnight, Fila introduced a range of Wimbledon branded performance tennis shoes, lifestyle shoes and slides.

Fila’s Marin Cilic narrowly lost a match to Germany’s Tommy Haas which was suspended due to darkness and was completed on Saturday afternoon.  Called the “match of the tournament,”  Cilic and Haas both played impressive tennis, Cilic had 26 aces to 12 of his opponent. Unforced errors seemed to be the only thing that kept Cilic from clinching a berth in to the next round7-5,7-5, 1-6,6-7,10-8. Marin Cilic, who was the youngest player left in Wimbledon on Saturday, proved he is “one to watch” on the ATP World Tour.

Enjoy our photo gallery from Wimbledon!






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Tursunov Wins in Eastbourne!

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

ATP World Tour No. 27 Dmitry Tursunov gained a boost in confidence ahead of The Championships at Wimbledon after winning his first grass-court ATP World Tour title on Saturday with a 6-3, 7-6(5) victory over Canadian qualifier Frank Dancevic in the final of the AEGON International, an ATP World Tour 250 tennis tournament in Eastbourne.

As reported on the AEGON International website, Tursunov was thrilled about his win. The always comical Dmitry had this to say about his win:

“It’s good to win, it doesn’t matter which surface it is on,” said Tursunov.

“It is human nature to want to beat someone else whether it’s Eastbourne, Wimbledon a Futures or Challenger event or beating your grandmother at chequers, it feels good to win.

“Playing on grass can be tough because we only get three or four weeks on it so players are a bit like cats in water, but it seems like a good surface to me. Obviously it’s given me some practice on grass which is very important in the lead-in to Wimbledon,”

Frank Dancevic qualified for the Eastbourne event and was playing for his first career ATP title.    

“I went out with the mentality to just go for all my shots today,” explained Dancevic. “I did the same yesterday in the semi-finals against Santoro and it paid off. Today it didn’t. I think Dmitry played a great match. It’s ironic that I’ve lost to him in my only two ATP World Tour finals so far.

http://www.lta.org.uk/News/All-news-items/2009-06-15/Tursunov-crowned-AEGON-International-champion/

Both players can enter Wimbledon with added confidence  on grass after the Eastbourne final!

Congrats Dmitry & Frank!

 

Dmitry Tursunov in the Men's Heritage tennis collection

Dmitry Tursunov in the Men's Heritage tennis collection

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Blake Advances to Final of The AEGON Champs!

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

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James Blake has advanced to the final of the Fila-sponsored AEGON Championships, at the historic Queens Club in London.

Blake is now due to play No.1 seed, Andy Murray at 2pm (GMT) on Sunday. The final will be televised on BBC and Eurosport in England and live on the Tennis Channel in the US at 9am.

As reported on www.tennisweek.com, the last time the two players met was in 2006 in Hamburg where Blake won 6-3, 6-3. The sixth seeded Blake advanced to the Queen’s Club Final for the second time in the past three years.

Good luck James!

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Fila fashions the Queens Club in London

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Established in 1886, The Queen’s Club was the first multipurpose sports complex ever to be built, anywhere in the world.  It was named after Queen Victoria, its first patron, and is widely renowned as one of the premier Lawn Tennis and Racquets clubs in the world.  Throughout its history, the Club has been an exceptional sporting venue, and today hosts the world famous AEGON Championships (former Artois Championships) along with many other sporting events.

Fila is the Official Supplier to the AEGON Championships and is outfitting all of the on-court Officials, Linespersons and Ball kids at the event.  The top ATP World Tour players, including James Blake and Marin Cilic will play in the AEGON Championships this week at The Queen’s Club in London. 

Check out the latest results on http://www.aegonchampionships.com/1/home/default.asp

 

James Blake
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Get to know Marin Cilic

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

Marin Cilic had an great run at this year’s French Open, advancing to the Fourth Round for the first time. As of Monday, June 1st, Cilic is ranked #13 on the ATP World Tour.  We had a chance to catch up with Marin during the tournament and he answered a few of our questions!

Marin Cilic

Marin Cilic

 

 

Fila:  Do you like playing at Roland Garros? Why?
MC: Playing in Roland Garros was always special for me, as it is one of the biggest tournaments in tennis, it is also special to me because I had great pleasure of winning it when I played it as a junior.

Fila: How many years have you played there?
MC: This is my 4th year playing as a professional, 2nd time directly in the main draw.

Fila: How is Roland Garros different from the other Grand Slams?
MC: From my point of view, Roland Garros requires from players more endurance and stronger physical preparation then the other grand slams. During the tournament we can see all kinds of weather changes so sometimes is not easy to adjust, it gets tough especially when its cold and windy.

Fila: What do you do in your free time during the tournament?
MC: In my free time during the tournament, I am usually relaxing, going to cinema, having dinner in different restaurants, chatting online with friends… mostly doing things to keep my mind away from tennis. Nothing special, trying to get as much rest as I can.

Fila: What is your favorite restaurant in Paris?
MC: In the past years I stayed a little bit outside of center of the city, so I haven’t visited any of the restaurants in the heart of the city. Rather, I try to find quiet places which are closer to the hotel.

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