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Andrey Rublev conceded a point to his opponent Marin Cilic deep into their French Open quarter-final after the Croat pleaded with the umpire to overturn a ...

The 24-year-old's classy gesture came in the head of battle after more than three hours played, with Rublev having taken the fourth set to force a decider. "Please, please, please, please," he continued, as he was told the mark showed his shot had landed outside of the line. Andrey Rublev conceded a point to his opponent Marin Cilic deep into their French Open quarter-final after the Croat pleaded with the umpire to overturn a line call.

Marin Cilic was left to applaud some astonishing sportsmanship from Andrey Rublev during the crucial fifth set of their French Open quarter-final.

The crowd certainly appreciated it by giving him a warm ovation for the act. The ball is touching the line! The decision did not go down at all well with an infuriated Cilic.

Marin Cilic broke new ground at Roland-Garros after reaching the French Open semi-finals for the first time with a five-set victory over Andrey Rublev.

It was played with a lot of heart. One break was enough to decide the first two sets, and it proved to be the case in the third as well, with Cilic taking the lead thanks to a break in the seventh game. “I played that kind of tennis all match.

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The 20th seed frequently found acute angles with his groundstrokes to keep Rublev on the move, and Cilic clinched another crucial solitary break for 4-3 in the third after targeting the Rublev second serve. A tight fifth set saw few chances until Cilic missed a forehand into the net on match point at 5-4, but the Croatian made no mistake in the tie-break. Cilic gave the seventh seed no chance to convert as he consistently found huge serves at key moments, but Rublev continued to hit aggressively with his return and the pressure told. Despite dropping a tight first set to one of the biggest ball-strikers on the ATP Tour, it was Cilic whose power-hitting came good as he manoeuvred Rublev around Court Philippe Chatrier to great effect. "I played that kind of tennis the whole match, and especially the fifth set was an incredible battle. The 33-year-old is just the fifth active player to reach semi-finals of all four Grand Slams, alongside Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray.

Marin Cilic, the 2014 US Open champion, also crashed 88 winners in the four-hour 10-minute tie.

"I could not manage the emotions in the previous quarter-finals. He pocketed the third with a lone break in the seventh game. He just didn't have the luck."

Marin Cilic has dominated a fifth-set tiebreaker against Russian Andrey Rublev to advance to his first French Open...

"You have to keep up with your level, which I did. Especially the fifth set was an incredible battle. One had to go down and today was my day. I thought I was close to getting the break. Bad luck to him. Earlier in the breaker, Rublev indicated that a Cilic shot was in and at one-all in the fifth set, the seventh seed volunteered to replay the first point of the game after Cilic's shot was ruled out.

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Rublev was thrown off balance and struggled to read the Croatian's serve. One had to go down and today was my day," said 20th seed Cilic, who will play his first semi-final at Roland Garros. "The fifth set was an incredible battle.

The world No 23 defeated his Russian opponent 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6( 2) and has now reached the semi-finals of every grand slam tournament.

But this year at the French Open he has done so, reaching the semi-final here for the first time in his career by defeating Andrey Rublev, the seventh seed, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(2) in one of the best matches of the tournament so far. With his success in Paris, he will also cross the $30m (£24m) mark for prize money. He played a great tiebreak, the first ever seen on Court Philippe Chatrier, filled with nuclear forehand winners and big serving, to advance.

Seventh seed Andrey Rublev blamed his failure to control his emotions for his French Open exit after the Russian lost 5-7 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-6(2) to Marin Cilic ...

At least I did a better score and I was closer than other matches, but still, is the same thing." Asked about why he has failed to reach the semi-finals at majors, Rublev answered: "Everything mental. The third set saw Rublev struggling against Cilic's serve but he played aggressively in the fourth to force a decider.

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Rublev, a big hitter in his own right, ended the match with a relatively low 15 aces and 35 winners. “Andrey played incredibly well and it was an incredible performance on the court – a lot of heart. Especially, the fifth set was an incredible battle,” Cilic said afterward. His service games were more comfortable, although he had to escape a 0-30 hole before holding to take a two-set-to-one lead. I played that kind of tennis the whole match. Although Cilic managed to stave off three break points in the seventh game and two more in the ninth, Rublev finally converted his sixth break-point opportunity thanks to a Cilic forehand error to take a 6-5 lead and then wrapped up the first set by striking his 17th ace of the contest.

Croatian denies seventh seed to reach first Roland-Garros semi-final.

Rublev had claimed four of the pair’s six encounters but his 33-year-old opponent showed some of his brilliant hard-court best in a return to form at Melbourne Park when he rolled Rublev under lights in the third round in January. He dropped a set in each of his four prior matches, including the fourth round in which he benefitted from the retirement of Jannik Sinner to a knee injury. Rublev had denied Novak Djokovic to win the Serbian’s home tournament in Belgrade, but had not won a set in any of his four previous visits to a Grand Slam quarter-final.

Marin Cilic has dominated a fifth-set tiebreaker against Russian Andrey Rublev to advance to his first French Open semifinal. The 2014 US Open champion won 5-7 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-6 (10-2) in a match that lasted more than four hours on Court Philippe ...

"You have to keep up with your level, which I did. One had to go down and today was my day. Especially the fifth set was an incredible battle. Bad luck to him. I thought I was close to getting the break. Earlier in the breaker, Rublev indicated that a Cilic shot was in and at one-all in the fifth set, the seventh seed volunteered to replay the first point of the game after Cilic's shot was ruled out.

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Rublev was thrown off balance and struggled to read the Croatian’s serve. One had to go down and today was my day,” said 20th seed Cilic, who will play his first semi-final at Roland Garros. “The fifth set was an incredible battle.