In the absence of reinvention, Marin Cilic and his 2020 have given enough symptoms to understand that we are facing the twilight and blackout of a Grand Slam winner. The results, but above all the sensations, warn of a very large drop in level for those who have passed the thirties, suffered a significant injury and have been a father, a circumstance this last one that could anticipate a different life model.
Like any process, whether of progression or deterioration, there are several factors that converge in the current present Marin Cilic sports car. From the knee injury with which he ends 2019, getting off the Davis Cup final, to his personal life, with fatherhood and the pandemic influencing his tennis, the truth is that the Croatian needed the season to end. Empty your mind, disconnect from tennis and wait.
-- Las 107 presencias de Marin Cilic ---- en QF de eventos del ATP Tour:
2006| 1
2007| 3
2008| 6 (--)
2009| 9 (----)
2010| 8 (----)
2011| 10 (--)
2012| 8 (----)
2013| 5 (--)
2014| 10 (--------)
2015| 10 (--)
2016| 11 (----)
2017| 13 (--)
2018| 10 (--)
2019| 3
2020| 0 pic.twitter.com/H1VlGJpjTk— MisterOnly.Tennis (@OnlyRogerCanFly) November 9, 2020
Because his year has been or may be a turning point, with an uncertain future. It is the first time in her career since 2006 that she has not made it to the quarterfinals of an ATP tournament and only the change in the ranking regulations has allowed her to maintain a ranking that could be much worse. As in 2019, adding two years now, he has not lifted any title, and the lost status, two years in a row, could condition his motivation and rethink things.
Marin, champion of the US Open 2014, fell yesterday in the Sofia ATP in a resounding way against Forejtek, being the fifth first round in which he fell in 2020, with a balance of 14 wins and 11 losses. One wonders how much gasoline is left in the tank of a player who between 2014 and 2018 managed to be the best player possible, lifting a major and reaching two other Grand Slam finals.
Born in 1988, a generation touched
A member of a generation in which we could include, year up year down, Kei Nishikori or Juan Martín del Potro, their thirties are not doing particularly well to any of them, only Roberto Bautista seems to hold on in physical and tennis fullness in the current circuit . Can Marin Cilic reinvent himself and regain his best level?
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