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Indian Wells - World number three Marin Cilic crashed out of the ATP Indian Wells tournament on Tuesday, losing in straight sets to Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4, 6-4.
The 29-year-old Cilic, who reached the finals of two of the last three Grand Slams, dropped to a record of 10-4 on the season.
Kohlschreiber advances to the fourth round where he will play unseeded Pierre-Hugues Herbert who won his third round match when fellow Frenchman Gael Monfils retired in the second set with a lower back injury.
Cilic blasted five aces but couldn't overcome Kohlschreiber's strong serving game. The German won 76 percent of his first serve points and broke Cilic's serve twice, once in each set.
Kohlschreiber is now 7-4 overall against Cilic. He has won three out of their last four meetings, including a straight set victory in the final in Munich on clay in 2012. He won their first meeting on hardcourt in Moscow in 2007.
Cilic, who is considered to be one of the most consistent players on the Tour, claimed his 17th career title in Istanbul last year. He also reached the final at Wimbledon.
In January, he lost in five sets in the final of the Australian Open to Roger Federer, the third Grand Slam final of his career.
In the first set Kohlschreiber got the key break he needed in the third game to go up 2-1. He managed to hold serve for the rest of the set and take the final game on four straight points.
He got another break of serve in the seventh game of the second set to pull ahead 4-3 then held serve in the next game to go up 5-3.
Kohlschreiber closed out the contest on match point when Cilic's final backhand shot hit the net cord and fell back into his side of the court.
Results on Tuesday on the seventh day of the ATP and WTA Indian Wells tournament:
Men
3rd rd
Feliciano Lopez (ESP x28) bt Jack Sock (USA x8) 7-6 (8/6), 4-6, 6-4
Sam Querrey (USA x18) bt Yuki Bhambri (IND) 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-4
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) bt Dudi Sela (ISR) 7-6 (7/5), 6-4
Milos Raonic (CAN x32) bt Joao Sousa (POR) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG x6) bt David Ferrer (ESP x29) 6-4, 7-6 (7/3)
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) bt Taro Daniel (JPN) 6-4, 6-1
Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) bt Gael Monfils (FRA) 6-2, 3-1 retired
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x31) bt Marin Cilic (CRO x2) 6-4, 6-4
Women
4th rd
Simona Halep (ROM x1) bt Wang Qiang (CHN) 7-5, 6-1
Petra Martic (CRO) bt Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 6-3, 7-6 (7/4)
Naomi Osaka (JPN) bt Maria Sakkari (GRE) 6-1, 5-7, 6-1
Karolna Pliskova (CZE x5) bt Amanda Anisimova (USA) 6-1, 7-6 (7/2)
Venus Williams (USA x8) bt Anastasija Sevastova (LAT x21) 7-6 (8/6), 6-4
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP x27) bt Danielle Collins (USA) 6-2, 6-4
Darya Kasatkina (RUS x20) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x2) 6-4, 7-5
