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Marin Cilic talks to ATPTour.com about his favourite foods, cooking skills, hatred for fried food and more. Cilic defeated Daniil Medvedev to reach the ...

For example, say your match is at 12 p.m., you eat breakfast and then warm up and then you need to eat before the match, like pasta or rice at 10:30 a.m. It is one of the tougher things to being on Tour. I try to take care of the carb and protein intake but sometimes I just forget about it. I would say that I am a good cook for what I need to eat and that is it! So this year, I have eaten quite a lot of Indian food. It is not easy to find the real crepes with the Nutella and when I am back home I have them. If the match gets extended, I might eat a banana or top up the main [meal] a bit. I am a simple guy, nothing fancy. I have a pretty simple routine. Before a match in Italy I like pasta with tomato sauce and a little bit of chicken, 150 grams or so, so I have a little bit of protein and don’t get hungry too much. When I come to the United States the first meal is always a burger. I would load with carbs and eat a little bit of protein. Mix that up with potatoes and vegetables in a nice sauce and that is going to melt in the fingers.