Marin Cilic heads strong field as Pune ATP event back in pre-Aussie Open slot
Marin Cilic’s India connection goes back to more than a decade, from when he won back-to-back ATP 250 titles in Chennai. The ATP Tata Open Maharashtra is now back in its season-opening slot, and Cilic too is in India after a 2018 semi-final run The ATP Tata Open Maharashtra is now back in its season-opening slot, and the Croatian too is in India after a 2018 semi-final run. It's a relatively strong field that mirrors the days when the likes of Carlos Moya, Ivan Ljubicic, Cilic, Stan Wawrinka, Milos Raonic and Kevin Anderson picked India to kickstart the fresh season and tune up for the Australian Open in mid-January. Above him are second seed and 35th-ranked Botic van de Zandschulp, the Dutchman who reached the 2021 US Open quarter-final as a qualifier before losing to eventual champion Daniil Medvedev, and 2022 Tata Open finalist Emil Ruusuvuori of Finland, seeded third and ranked 40th. There’s also the highly rated 22-year-old Argentine Sebastian Baez, the former junior No 1 whose 2022 season had a maiden ATP title in Estoril, and world No 50 Alex Molcan of Slovakia.
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