Croatian Cilic overpowers Lacko to reach fourth round


  • Tennis
  • Saturday, 02 Jul 2016

Britain Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, Wimbledon, England - 2/7/16 Croatia's Marin Cilic celebrates winning his match against Slovakia's Lukas Lacko REUTERS/Andrew Couldridge

LONDON (Reuters) - Lofty Croatian Marin Cilic made short work of Slovak qualifier Lukas Lacko on Saturday, finishing their rain delayed third round match 6-3 6-3 6-4 with nine aces in the final set.

The 2014 U.S. Open champion had already wrapped up two sets when rain set in on Friday and he was clearly in no mood to mess about on a blustery Court 12.

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