Zhuhai Open: Marin Cilic gets his first ATP Tour win since January 2023

Croat wildcard Marin Cilic defeated American Zachary Svajda 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 to reach the second round of the Zhuhai Open at the Hengqin International Tennis Center on Wednesday.

The world no 777 won his first match on the ATP Tour since January 2023!

“Hey, guys. Just extremely happy with my victory today. You know, first one in a long period on the ATP tour. I’ve been waiting for a long period, and, so thrilled for myself, for my team. It’s been, definitely, boring and difficult period to go through rehabs. But, you know, happy that I’m back playing on a great level that I’m physically 100%. And, that’s why I’m looking forward to new matches.” said Cilic on a video posted by the ATP on X.

Marin Cilic will play the winner of the match between German Maximilian Marterer and Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka, the No 8 seed, next.

Zhuhai ATP 250, other first-round results (Hengqin International Tennis Center, hard, USD 1.000.630, most recent results first):

• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Denis Yevseyev
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Mattia Bellucci
• Yibing Wu vs. Chak Lam Coleman Wong
• Corentin Moutet vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Sumit Nagal vs. Yasutaka Uchiyama
• Yunchaokete Bu vs. Hugo Gaston
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Marco Trungelliti
• Rinky Hijikata vs. Damir Dzumhur
• Maximilian Marterer vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Mikhail Kukushkin beat Luciano Darderi (5): 6-3, 6-4
• Fabian Marozsan (7) beat Luca Nardi: 6-0, 6-2