Fognini held in the opening game of set five. He took Cilic to deuce, but the Croatian held serve, highlighted by a brilliant Cilic winner finishing a showstopping rally. 1-1
At 3-3, Cilic made a critical move - Fognini had game point but double faulted and then delivered two errors to donate a service break to Marin who now took the lead 4-3.
In a game decided mostly by errors, Cilic clinched it with an ace to be a game away from victory once again.
An off forehand winner from Cilic slammed past the Fognini serve. The Italian replied with a lovely drop shot for 30-30.
A wonderful return by Cilic brought up match point, and Fognini hit long on the next point for the match to end in the Croatian’s favour 6-4 6-1 3-6 6-7(4) 6-3.
A second consecutive Roland Garros quarter final for Cilic.
Quarter finals:
Rafa Nadal (1) v Diego Schwartzman (11)
Marin Cilic (3) v Juan Martin del Potro (5)
Marco Cecchinato v Novak Djokovic (20)
Dominic Thiem (7) v Sascha Zverev (2)
Simona Halep (1) v Angie Kerber (12)
Garbiñe Muguruza (3) v Maria Sharapova (28)
Yulia Putintseva v Madison Keys (13)
Sloane Stephens (10) v Daria Kasatkina (14)
Representation in the eight quarter finals is from 11 different nations
Spain 2
Argentina 2
Croatia
Italy
Serbia
Austria
Germany 2
Romania
Russia 2
Kazakhstan
USA 2
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