Former world number 3 Marin Cilic has admitted to having accomplished remarkable things, and he hopes to be recognized in the Tennis Hall of Fame, the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Cilic, now ranked 37th in the world, won the silver medal with fellow Croatian Ivan Dodig at the Tokyo Olympics in men’s doubles. Cilic’s former compatriot, former world number 2 Goran Ivanisevic, was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame last month.
“I don’t know. It will be decided by the people who make these decisions. Goran Ivanisevic deserved to be in the Tennis Hall of Fame much earlier. Who knows, maybe it will happen to me too.
In this era which features Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, I managed to win the US Open and have many other successes. I won the Davis Cup and I don’t want to stop there.
I’m done with my tennis history and now I can enjoy tournaments, ”Cilic said, when appearing on Nova TV, as quoted on Sport Klub.
Marin Cilic is proud of his results at the Tokyo Olympics
Cilic and Dodig lost to fellow Croats Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic in the doubles final at the Tokyo Olympics, to finish with two silver medals.
“We are extremely proud to hold this medal,” Cilic said at the end of the meeting, according to the ITF website. “This is something that was missing from our trophy cabinet.
Ivan and I have known each other since we started, since we started playing tennis. And so, even being here at the top of the sport, being able to play a gold medal game at the Olympics, is a dream come true. “
, said the Croatian. “It wasn’t our best day of the week, but we have to congratulate Nikola and Mate. We are still very proud, although there are a few mixed emotions to be so close and not be able to hold the gold medal, but we are still extremely happy.
We cannot describe how important this is going to be in the balance of our careers, when we are much older ”
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