TENNIS SCORES. Coric downs Ruud in the quarter of the St. Petersburg Open

ST. PETERSBURG OPEN - ST. PETERSBURG. Coric bests Ruud to compete against Joao Sousa in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Borna Coric vs. Casper Ruud

Borna Coric aces Casper Ruud 3-6 7-5 6-3 in the quarter in St. Petersburg on Friday. Coric is going to play against Joao Sousa in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Ruud conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).

2nd set.

Coric clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Coric broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 12th (7-5) game before winning the set 7-5.

3rd set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Borna conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Coric scored 93 points vs. Ruud’s 86 points.

Coric served pretty well to win 77% of the points (37/48) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (20/32) on his second serve. Coric won this match even if he was struggling in converting his break points since he converted only 43% (3/7). On the other side, the Norwegian was sharp when converting 67% of the break points that he procured points (2/3). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Coric and Ruud is 1-0 for Borna.

Next Match: Borna Coric vs. Joao Sousa – stats

Coric will take on Sousa in the semifinal.

This will be the 2nd time that Borna Coric and Joao Sousa face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Coric (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Coric won 7-64 5-7 7-64 in the 2nd round in Halle back in June 2019.

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