Cilic lands his first title in three years

Marin Cilic has won his first title in three years as he upset Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6 (7-2) 6-3 to win the Stuttgart Open, the ATP Tour's first grass event of the year.

Croatia's former US Open champion hit seven aces in Sunday's final as he won his first title since the Queen's Club Championships in the run-up to Wimbledon in 2018.

Cilic extended the young Canadian's frustrating losing run in tour finals.

The 20-year-old Auger-Aliassime has now lost in straight sets all eight of the tour title matches he has played in a streak that also includes losing the 2019 Stuttgart final to Matteo Berrettini.

It was Cilic's second win over a promising Canadian this week in Stuttgart after seeing off top-seeded Denis Shapovalov in the quarter-finals.

The Croatian improved to 19-14 in career finals and has the sixth most grass-court wins among active players with 73.