Result: Marin Cilic eases through Wimbledon opener

Marin Cilic of Croatia celebrates victory in his Gentlemen's Singles Fourth Round match against Denis Kudla of the United States during day seven of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 6, 2015
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Ninth seed Marin Cilic eases past Brian Baker to reach the second round of Wimbledon.

Marin Cilic has fired down 18 aces on the way to a straight-sets win over Brian Baker in the Wimbledon first round.

The ninth seed has reached the last eight at SW19 on his last two appearances and he looked in confident mood as he swept aside his American opponent 6-3 7-5 6-3.

The scoreline suggests that Baker had limited success against the former US Open champion but Cilic never dropped serve through the match, as well as taking four of his eight chances on the Baker serve.

The Croatian also dropped just six points behind his first serve as he coasted through to a second-round meeting with Sergiy Stakhovsky.

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