Jordan Thompson shocks Borna Coric 2-6 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in Paris on Wednesday. Thompson will engage against Rafael Nadal in the 3rd round.
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The Croatian in this set was more solid than Jordan and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking Jordan in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Borna converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Australian was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 59 points. Coric won 13 more points than the Australian (36-23). Borna conceded 8 points on serve (20-8). Regarding the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 16 points on serve (15-16).
Coric had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Thompson in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the Australian found the way to come back to break the Croatian in the 4th (2-2) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Thompson was flawless in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, Borna converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 59 points. Thompson was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Borna (32-27). The Australian conceded 12 points on serve (21-12). on the other side of the net, the Croatian conceded 11 points on serve (15-11).
Coric conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Thompson in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, the Australian managed to stage a great comeback to break the Croatian 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Coric was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Jordan converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Croatian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).
They played 52 points. Jordan won 12 points more than Borna (32-20). Jordan dropped 7 points on serve (15-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Coric conceded 17 points on serve (13-17).
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:14
At the end of the match, Jordan scored 87 points vs. Coric’s 83.
Thompson was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (5/10). On the other side, Borna wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 36% – 4/11). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Thompson and Coric is 1-2 for Borna.
Draw and next match H2H: Jordan Thompson vs. Rafael Nadal – stats
Thompson will come up against Nadal in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Jordan Thompson and Rafael Nadal since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Paris
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Borna CoricCoric (2-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Kevin AndersonAnderson (6-6 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Richard GasquetGasquet (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-3 6-75 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Tommy PaulPaul (4-6 7-63 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Feliciano LopezLopez (4-6 7-65 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (7-63 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-63 6-70 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Corentin MoutetMoutet (w/o) – Stats and score progression
- Norbert GombosGombos – David GoffinGoffin (6-4 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-64 6-76 7-63) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Rafael NadalNadal – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Andrey RublevRublev (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Marin CilicCilic – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Norbert GombosGombos (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Marcos GironGiron – Milos RaonicRaonic (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (4-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-2) – H2H details and stats
