us open champion marin cilic was eliminated in the second round of the barcelona open on wednesday, losing to victor estrella of the dominican republic 6 4, 6 4 also, santiago giraldo of colombia beat joao sousa of portugal 6 3, 3 6, 6 1, to reach a third round meeting against top seeded kei nishikori, setting up a rematch of last year's final won by the japanese estrella broke cilic four times on the outdoor red clay, stealing his serve to go ahead 5 4 in the second set, and finishing off the ninth ranked croat by holding serve to love victor estrella of the dominican republic recorded a 6 4 6 4 victory over main cilic at the barcelona open  cilic is the 2014 us open champion but is struggling for fitness and form after a shoulder injury  estrella, who had won only one match in his last five tournaments, celebrated after placing a long forehand out of cilic's reach on match point it was only cilic's third tournament of the season after he rested to recover from a shoulder injury as the fourth seed, he had a bye in the first round 'i was not too happy with the way i played,' cilic said 'i made a lot of unforced errors i feel i still need several matches to get my form to a good stage' estrella, ranked 53rd, last year became the first dominican to finish a season in the top 100 on court no 1, pablo andujar of spain roared back to oust 11th seeded leonardo mayer of argentina 2 6, 6 1, 6 2
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marin cilic defeated 6 4 6 4 by victor estrella in the barcelona open  the us open champion is struggling for form after a shoulder injury  cilic said he needs more matches to get his game up to scratch 