Australian Open 2018: How did Roger Federer defeat Marin Cilic? A set-by-set breakdown

Third Set: Federer 6-3

Federer in control in the third set

After dropping a set in the tournament for the first time, Federer took control in the third set - firing 7 aces and not giving Cilic any break points. He took the break in the 6th game to go up 4-2, and pretty much cruised from there.

Federer reduced his errors from 12 in the second set to 10 in the third, and hit 8 winners to Cilic's 5. Cilic's performance was not particularly bad as he had only 8 errors, but he was unable to make a dent on the Federer serve.

Federer earned 3 set points on his serve and needed only one as he hit an ace and wrapped up the set in 27 minutes.