LONDON: Croatia’s Marin Cilic reached his third Queen’s Club final as the world number seven won the battle of the big servers to beat Gilles Muller 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 on Saturday. Cilic became the first player to break Muller in the tournament despite a barrage of 22 aces from the world number 26 and hammered down 20 aces of his own to return to the final of the Wimbledon warm-up event for the first time since 2013. The 28-year-old lifted the Queen’s trophy in 2012 and finished runner-up to Andy Murray a year later. Although Cilic dropped a set for the first time this week, the former US Open champion hit back impressively to secure his second ATP final berth of 2017. Cilic will face Grigor Dimitrov or Feliciano Lopez in Sunday’s final as he eyes a second title this year, and 18th in total, following his success in Istanbul last month. “Today’s match was a really high level. I played really well throughout and Gilles was pushing me to the limits,” Cilic said. “I’ve felt really good on serve all week. I was mixing it up and playing smart.” Published in Daily Times, June 25th, 2017.