Marcos features twice on semi-final Saturday at the PBZ Zagreb Indoors as he bids to reach the final of both the singles and doubles competitions at the ATP World Tour 250 indoor hard-court tournament.
On Friday, Marcos defeated defending champion and fourth seed Ivan Dodig 6-4, 7-5 in the singles quarter-finals. For victory in one hour and 40 minutes, Marcos broke serve three times from six opportunities and won 81 per cent of points behind his first serve. He is through to his second ATP World Tour semi-final of the season after reaching the last four in Sydney, where he was beaten by Julien Benneteau.
For a place in his 12th tour-level final, Marcos will face Slovakian Lukas Kacko, who beat seventh seed Robin Haase in straight sets earlier in the day. Marcos will be out for revenge against the No. 97-ranked Lacko, whom he lost to in four sets in the first round of Wimbledon two years ago. The 24-year-old Lacko was in good form coming into Zagreb, having reached the third round as a qualifier at the Australian Open, eventually falling to Rafael Nadal.
The match will take place second on Centre Court on Saturday, with the first semi-final, between Michael Berrer and Mikhail Youzhny, starting at 5pm local time (GMT +1hr). Marcos and Youzhny will then return to Court 1 after suitable rest for their doubles semi-final clash against second seeds and former Australian Open champions Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram.
Check out the full order of play here.
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Go, Marcos!
