A lot of heart – Marin Cilic wins French Open slugfest against Andrey Rublev

Marin Cilic reached the semi-finals (Jean-Francois Badias/AP)

Croatian veteran Marin Cilic overcame Russian seventh seed Andrey Rublev in five sets to reach a first semi-final at the French Open.

The 33-year-old, who won the US Open in 2014 and was a Wimbledon finalist three years later, won 5-7 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-6 (2) after a deciding-set tie-break.