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Patna : World No 5 in ATP rankings Marin Cilic, 29, Croatia, entered the semi-finals of Italian Open Masters 1000 defeating World N0 11 Pablo Carreno Busta, 26, Spain, in the quarterfinals. Cilic beat Busta 6-3, 6-3, at Foro Italico, Rome, on May 18, 2018. Top seed Rafael Nadal has also reached semi-finals.
In another quarterfinals, World No 18 Novak Djokovic, 20, Serbia, and World No 24 Kei Nishikori, 28, Japan, had won one set each and were 3-3 in the third set. Nishikori won the first set 6-2 while Djokovic won the second set 6-1.