PUNE: Top seed and former US Open champion Marin Cilic pulled out ahead of his quarterfinal citing an injury, leaving Aslan Karatsev as the favourite to win the Tata Open Maharashtra on Thursday.
“Hey guys, very sorry that I couldn’t come out again today to compete. Today during the warm up I injured my knee and unfortunately get better until I was about to go out on court,” Cilic said in a statement.