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Patna : Sixth seed & 2014 US Open Champion Marin Cilic, 32, Croatia, battled past World No 120 Carlos Alcaraz Garfia, 17, Spain, in three-sets in first round of Millennium Estoril Open, an ATP clay court event, at Estoril, Portugal, on April 27, 2021. World No 42 Cilic beat Garfia 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 to enter the second round firing 6 Aces to 1 by the Spainiard.
Both the players won 5 break points each during the match. Garfia, however, won 5 games in a row during the match to 2 by Cilic, the 2017 Wimbledon and 2018 Australian Open finalist. The Croatian committed 7 double faults to 3 by Garfia. Cilic, in all, won 87 points during the match to86 by Garfia.
W0rld No 100 Pedro Martinez, 24, Spain, upset 5th seed Alexander Bublik, 23, Kazakhstan, the World No 43 6-3, 6-0 in first round in 51 minutes winning 4 break points and 9 games in a row during the match. Bublik though fired 6 Aces in the match to 1 by Martinez. But, Bublik also committed 6 double faults to none by the Spainiard. Martinez, in all, won 55 points in the match to 33 by Bublik.