It was a successful Thursday for Marcos at the PBZ Zagreb Indoors as he advanced to the singles quarter-finals and, together with Mikhail Youzhny, also reached the semi-finals in the doubles competition.
Marcos defeated Poland’s Lukasz Kubot 6-4, 6-2 in his first match of the day. To claim victory in 76 minutes, he converted three of his six break point chances and won 75 per cent of points on his first serve.
“I can say in the first round I started very well; Rosol played very well in the middle of the first set,” said Marcos. “So I cannot say if I played better or not, but today I kept the momentum and I kept the way I started against Rosol and that made the win a bit easier.
“I’m feeling good now. I’m happy. I’m playing good and I think my ranking will go up slowly.”
Marcos then returned to court with Youzhny to score a 7-6(3), 7-5 win over Germans Benjamin Becker and Alexander Waske in the doubles quarter-finals. They broke serve twice for victory in 85 minutes.
Marcos is back in action on Friday as he faces defending champion and fourth seed Ivan Dodig of Croatia in the quarter-finals. The two have played once before, with World No. 38 Dodig prevailing in straight sets in the ‘s-Hertogenbosch semi-finals last year. The match is scheduled for last on Centre Court. Check out the full order of play here.
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Go, Marcos!
