Cilic overcomes early scare to breeze into third round

Tennis - Wimbledon - London, Britain - July 5, 2017 Croatia’s Marin Cilic celebrates winning the second round match against Germany’s Florian Mayer REUTERS/Andrew Couldridge

LONDON (Reuters) - Marin Cilic survived a difficult start to seal a spot in the Wimbledon third round after battling to a 7-6(2) 6-4 7-5 victory over German Florian Mayer in unrelenting heat on Court Two on Wednesday.

It looked as though the beaming sunlight was impeding the 6ft 6ins (1.98m) seventh seed as his trusted serve immediately deserted him.