The Associated Press
LONDON–The key, for both players, was to deal with the big serve.
Marin Cilic did it better.
The seventh-seeded Croat advanced to his second major final by beating Sam Querrey 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-5 earlier today on Centre Court.
He next faces Roger Federer or Tomas Berdych in Sunday’s men’s final at the All England Club.
Cilic and Querrey, both 6’6″, used their powerful serves to dominate most of the match.
Neither even had a break point in the first set.
“Sam came out serving huge, hitting big,” Cilic noted.
Cilic is the second Croat player to reach the Wimbledon final.
Goran Ivanisevic won the title in 2001.
Federer, in search of an eighth Wimbledon title, was to play Berdych next on Centre Court.
Federer is 18-6 against Berdych but the 11th-seeded Czech beat Federer in the quarter-finals during his run to the Wimbledon final back in 2010.
Editor’s note: Federer won the first set 7-6 (4) against Berdych, with the outcome of the match not known as of press time.
