Defending champ Cilic wins Zagreb Indoors

Top-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia successfully defended his Zagreb Indoors title by beating Michael Berrer of Germany 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4 on Sunday.

Cilic won in two hours and 38 minutes to claim his second title of the year and the fifth of his career.

The 22-year-old Croatian has been in good form this season, winning in Chennai, India, in January and reaching the semifinals at the Australian Open to break into the top 10 in the world rankings for the first time in his career.

"Now I can relax," Cilic said, adding that he played a lot of matches this year and "did not have much time to adjust after the …