Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal can be challenged by these players – Marin Cilic
MARIN CILIC has highlighted which players he thinks are the closest to challenging Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
Cilic has been in impressive form over the last 12 months and climbed as high as third in the world rankings.
Alexander Zverev currently occupies that position following a brilliant clay-court season and Cilic has dropped to fifth.
But the Croatian still believes there are a handful of players who have the ability to reach the very top.
And Cilic says himself, Zverev and Grigor Dimitrov are the most likely candidates to break the long-serving dominance of Federer and Nadal.
We have to include a couple of other guys like Sacha, Grigor and a few other guys who have had great success
“I would agree that I have played great on Grand Slams,” Cilic said.
“We have to include a couple of other guys like Sacha, Grigor and a few other guys who have had great success.
“But looking at the Grand Slam results I was incredibly consistent.
“Out of the last five Grand Slams I have reached four quarter-finals or better.
“That is giving me great confidence in coming into the Grand Slam.”
Cilic is attempting to win Queen’s this week and he hopes his good form will stand him in good stead for the grass-court season.
“I feel in any tournament if I am in good form then I am going to go deep, which is extremely satisfying,” he added.
“It’s a nice thing to have as an asset.”