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tennisFeliciano Lopez vs Marin Cilic Internazionali BNL d’Italia 2010 match on Wednesday, April 28, 2010.

Venue: Rome, Italy.

Time: 01:00 P.M

Players Report:

Feliciano Lopez will meet Marin Cilic in the Internazionali BNL d’Italia 2010 match on Wednesday.

Marin won the 2010 Chennai Open final, beating Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland in straight sets 7-6(2), 7-6(3).

Marin Cilic Seeded No.14 at the 2010 Australian Open, he defeated Fabrice Santoro, Bernard Tomic (in five sets), and Stanislas Wawrinka (in four sets). In the fourth round he faced 4th seed and reigning US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro; it was their third meeting in the past five Grand Slams, and the second major in a row where they met (also in the same round last year).

In a match of more than four and a half hours, Marin Cilic defeated Del Potro 5-7, 6-4, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 to reach his 2nd quarterfinal appearance at a Grand Slam. In the quarterfinals he defeated 7th seed Andy Roddick in another five set victory, 7-6(4), 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3. In doing so, he became the first Croatian to reach the semi-finals at the Australian Open. Wearied by three five-set matches, Cilic lost in four sets to Andy Murray 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–2. Cilic followed up his Australian campaign by defending his title in Zagreb, defeating Michael Berrer in the final. Cilic achieves a new career-high ranking of No.9 as a result. Cilic has been selected to play singles and doubles patnering with Karlović for the Croatia Davis Cup Team against Ecuador in March 2010. Cilic seeded No.8 lost in the second round to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open.

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