Draper 4-4 Cilic*
Draper has served his way out of trouble there.
His serving level dipped and Cilic took advantage to go love-40 in front.
Yet Draper, under extreme pressure, kept his nerve and managed to hold his serve with five consecutive points.
This is growing into a good contest. Some decent rallies.
At this rate we are heading towards a tie-break.
Draper* 3-4 Cilic
Cilic certainly takes his time with his serve. My goodness he bounces the ball a lot.
In fact, he bounces it between 12 and 16 times in a total and there are even freezes in-between.
It makes Rafa Nadal look quick. The Croatian does not rush these things.
Draper had his first break point in that game after a Cilic forehand went wide but he could not capitalise on the moment.
Draper 3-3 Cilic*
It remains on serve. No breaks of serve yet.
But the pressure is building on Draper. It has been a bright start by Cilic.
And it is bright on No.1 Court. The sun is out now over SW19.
In that last game, Draper fired his first ace of the match. At 130mph.
Draper* 2-3 Cilic
Cilic begins the game with a series of bruising forehands, battering the last away for a winner and 15-0.
Draper floats his next return just long, 30-0. Cilic throws in his first double fault of the contest, 30-15. The Croatian bludgeons a brilliant forehand-backhand drive volley combination for 40-15.
An ace down the T gets it done, 3-2.
Draper 2-2 Cilic*
Cilic coughs up his first forehand error while looking for a winner, but then lands a backhand plum on the baseline.
The Croatian later atones for that forehand error with a beauty to pull it back to 40-30.
Draper then produces more errors and Cilic has his first break point of the match.
The former finalist nets his return from a Draper second serve out wide, he would love that shot back! Deuce.
Cilic then smacks a forehand narrowly long to set up game point for Draper. An unreturned serve gets the job done for the Brit, 2-2.
Draper* 1-2 Cilic
Marin Cilic begins with a double fault. Jack Draper responds with a brilliant winner right on the baseline for 0-30.
The Croatian lands a backhand winner for 30-15but Draper strikes right back for 30-30.
Cilic dictates with his forehand until Draper coughs up an unforced error, 40-30. He then sets up a smash winner with a trademark serve/forehand combo to take the game, 2-1.
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