Tennis - Australian Open - Third Round - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, January 19, 2019. Croatia's Marin Cilic celebrates after winning the match against Spain's Fernando Verdasco. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A relieved Marin Cilic squeezed into the fourth round of the Australian Open in the early hours of Saturday after Fernando Verdasco double-faulted on match point to allow the sixth seed to complete an epic comeback win.
Beaten by Roger Federer in last year's final, Cilic was pushed to the brink by Spanish veteran Verdasco who had the Croat on the ropes in the fourth set tiebreak.
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