Marin Cilic

In 2011, he lost to Marin Cilic in the first round at Beijing and went on to lose in the qualifying rounds in Shanghai too. China has lost two ties at the Hopman Cup this year as Wu will be hoping to put his best efforts to help China secure a victory. …

Wawrinka has been very strong in Chennai the last two years, reaching the final in 2010 (losing to Marin Cilic) and going one step further with a title in 2011 (beating Xavier Malisse in the final). His title here last year was his first on hardcourts, …

While the withdrawals of Marin Cilic — two-time champion here — and Robin Haase, both due to injuries, depleted the field, crowd favourite Somdev Devvarman's last-minute pullout came as a shocker. The Indian star, who made waves here by reaching the …

Of course, he lost the final to Marin Cilic, but by then he had carved a niche for himself. If at all the India's no. 1 player has any plans of doing something similar, now is the time. The odds are much more favourable for him; he is not a wild card, …