Queens 2011 Day 3: Cilic v Clement

Riddle me this… how can I leave earlier and arrive later at the club? Still, there were no worries in getting through queues today; they seemed far more organized. I found myself next to the railings in a corner, and with the stewards of hopelessness again!



It was a good start by Cilic and he appeared to be getting down to the ball well, for a big guy. Clement was not finding any range at all and Cilic was soon leading 3-0.
That being said, he gave the advantage away in the next game; Clement was beginning to settle down and consolidated with a hold.
Alison Lang was the umpire today, and she was not tolerating the tardy seating.





Cilic’s confidence was returning and he broke again to take the lead 5-2, but promptly failed to serve it out, Clement breaking and holding again to close the gap.
Cilic took the set for the second time of asking


It was progressing with service in the second but the court was pretty slippery and was about to get more so with the first spots of rain. Sure enough, play was suspended but quite a few of us stoic folks sat there until the spitting gave way to its bigger more aggressive brothers, and eventually most of the people where I was sitting gave up and headed to the Food Village (such as it is!)





At the resumption (2/2, 30/30), Clement was broken, and Cilic was the faster of the two to settle in after the rain delay, going on to take the match.