Andy Murray shows Cilic no mercy
The leading men's tennis star is on course at the ATP World Tour finals to end the year on top
London — If Andy Murray was grateful to Marin Cilic for facilitating his rise to the summit this month it was not evident as he added the Croatian to his lengthening list of victims at the ATP World Tour Finals on Monday. It was Cilic’s defeat of Novak Djokovic at the Paris Masters that opened the door for Murray to seize the No1 ranking. Murray repaid the favour with a 6-3 6-2 win — his 20th in succession — although it was far from a drubbing as Cilic tried his utmost to ruin his homecoming. Four more performances such as that at the O2 Arena this week should guarantee the 29-year-old will end 2016 leading the pack. Murray had lost his most recent meeting with Cilic, the Cincinnati Masters final in August, and on Wednesday he will face Japan’s Kei Nishikori, who stopped him in the US Open quarterfinals — Murray’s most recent Tour level defeat. Nishikori had earlier beaten Swiss Stan Wawrinka 6-2 6-3 — although that match was as one-sided as the scoreline suggested with Wawrinka bad...
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