The meeting lasted 2 hours 1 minute and ended with a score of 5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 1 in favor of the seventh racket of the world.

Cilic is the 2014 US Open Champion.

For reaching the quarterfinals, the Russian tennis player will compete with either French Gael Monfils or Australian Alex de Minor.

Earlier it was reported that Veronika Kudermetova lost to Petra Kvitova in the second round of the WTA tournament in Cincinnati.