The Australian Open 2018

[Gollum]

For a guy like Cilic to beat Fed he needs to paint the lines like he did in USO 2014 SF. With an open roof the wind wouldn't allow him that luxury, he would be an UE machine. Moreover closed roof helps the big servers because conditions play faster and very difficult to break them. Lastly Fed is fitter than the Croat, so don't understand what his critics are smoking. Cilic spent around 6 hours more time on the court including one extra day match in sweltering heat, no way was he winning a physical battle that day. And a player playing a big finals should be prepared for such a scenario considering the fact that Halep got hospitalized the previous day and an earlier match was played under closed roof the same day. I would say poor awareness and prep by Cilic's camp.