FORMER U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic had too much experience for No. 448-ranked Kacper Zuk, setting up Croatia’s victory over Poland with a 7-6 (8), 6-4 win at the ATP Cup yesterday.

Two-time Grand Slam finalist Kevin Anderson led South Africa to a victory over Chile in Group A at Brisbane, keeping his team in contention for the playoffs despite an opening loss to Serbia, and Japan clinched its second straight win with victory in both singles matches against Georgia in Perth.

Cilic has now won both his singles matches in Sydney at the new international men’s team event. Zuk was making his tour-level debut but tested Cilic, who was only able to convert one of his 13 break point chances.

Hubert Hurkacz beat Borna Coric 6-2, 6-2 to split the singles results, but Croatia pair Ivan Dodig and Nikola Mektic clinched the encounter with a 6-2, 6-1 win in the doubles over Hurkacz and Lukasz Kubot.

(SD-Agencies)