Food Court: ‘Simple Guy’ Cilic Dishes On His Diet, Food He Hasn’t Eaten In 10 Years | ATP Tour

Marin Cilic placed on one of the vital spectacular performances of this Roland Garros on Monday when he dismissed second seed Daniil Medvedev in straight units to succeed in the quarter-finals. The Croatian will play Andrey Rublev for a spot within the final 4 on the clay-court main.

Cilic not too long ago spoke to ATPTour.com about his cooking abilities, responsible pleasures, his dietary routine on match day, the meals he has not eaten in 10 years and extra. 

Let’s say you must cook dinner tonight, whether or not for your self or for mates. What would you cook dinner and why?
I’d cook dinner veal shank. I like that essentially the most and in Croatia it’s unbelievable. Combine that up with potatoes and greens in a pleasant sauce and that’s going to soften the fingers. Simply have a daily sauce that comes out of the meat. Go away the meat for a number of hours, it’s nice.

How would you fee your cooking abilities?
I’d say that I’m cook dinner for what I must eat and that’s it! Eggs, crepes, pasta, rice and hen. Carbs and protein and that’s it.

What’s your responsible pleasure?
I like a burger right here and there. After I come to the US the primary meal is at all times a burger. Then if I occur to be in restaurant the place I do know burgers are actually good, that could be a go-to cheat meal. For [something] candy, I like pancakes. It’s not straightforward to seek out the true crepes with the Nutella and when I’m again dwelling I’ve them.

What’s your go-to meal the evening earlier than a match?
I’d load with carbs and eat slightly little bit of protein. That’s at all times hen or turkey. It’s a little bit faster [to cook] than the pink meat and has rather less fats in it. Earlier than a match in Italy I like pasta with tomato sauce and slightly little bit of hen, 150 grams or so, so I’ve slightly little bit of protein and don’t get hungry an excessive amount of. Then if the match earlier than me will get prolonged, I eat one other plate of pasta.

That’s Italy, it’s pasta. All the opposite tournaments it’s largely rice. They don’t make the pasta as nicely, so I want rice elsewhere.

What do you eat proper earlier than a match and what number of hours earlier than the match do you eat it?
I usually eat one hour and a half to at least one hour and quarter-hour earlier than so I can eat meal. If the match will get prolonged, I’d eat a banana or prime up the primary [meal] a bit.

What do you snack on throughout a match? Has that modified over time and if that’s the case, what did you used to eat?
I’ve a reasonably easy routine. Simply ingesting my electrolytes and having a carb gel after which consuming a banana. I’m a easy man, nothing fancy.

What would possibly you eat throughout a non-tournament week that you simply wouldn’t throughout a match?
When I’m at dwelling I loosen up as a result of I get stuffed up consuming the identical factor on a regular basis. The worst factor about being a tennis participant is when you must eat and you aren’t able to eat. For instance, say your match is at 12 p.m., you eat breakfast after which heat up after which you must eat earlier than the match, like pasta or rice at 10:30 a.m. It is likely one of the more durable issues to being on Tour.

I attempt to maintain the carb and protein consumption however generally I simply overlook about it. After I get dwelling I wish to have pizza or one thing easy. Within the night I’d simply have three eggs with some cheese and ham, easy stuff. Additionally a yogurt. It’s not straightforward to eat large meals on a regular basis.

In the event you go to one in every of your favorite eating places, what would you order?
I like steak. There may be an Italian restaurant at dwelling and so they do big parts and so they know my stuff. Rice combined with greens and carrots and hen.

What’s one thing individuals is perhaps shocked to listen to you take pleasure in?
This 12 months in Australia, once we have been there, we ordered Indian meals possibly 10 occasions. Butter hen and hen biryani and I loved it.

After I bought dwelling I informed my spouse ‘Okay, we have to discover a recipe for butter hen’, and he or she did it and it was unbelievable. So this 12 months, I’ve eaten numerous Indian meals.

What’s the greatest meal out of your tradition/nation?
As a result of Croatia is numerous, now we have rather a lot. The Mediterranean is slightly bit much like Italy. Then the continental half is slightly bit heavier. Then now we have BBQ meals and minced meat and meals like this. It’s fairly heavy meals.

What are meals you refuse to eat?
This junk meals, I actually don’t prefer to eat it typically. I haven’t eaten something fried for greater than 10 years. Nothing fried. After I see it, I’m like ‘No’.