Borna Coric beats Joao Sousa 3-6 7-65 6-1 in the semifinal in St. Petersburg on Saturday. Coric is going to play against Daniil Medvedev in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that the Portuguese conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).
2nd set.
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Coric won the tiebreak at 5.
3rd set.
Coric came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Sousa in the 1st game (1-0). The Croatian managed to boost his lead after breaking Sousa in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before managing to win the set.
Sousa was powerless in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-1 to 6-1).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Coric scored 105 points vs. the Portuguese’s 91 points.
Borna served very well to win 81% of the points (39/48) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (20/34) on his second serve. The Croatian won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points because he converted only 18% (3/17). On the other side, Sousa had a tough time in converting his break points because he converted only 20% of his break points (1/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Coric and Sousa is 2-0 for Borna.
Next Match: Borna Coric vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
Coric will come up against Medvedev in the final.
This will be the 6th time that Borna Coric and Daniil Medvedev play each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Coric (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they played, Coric won 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Paris back in 2018.
Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg
- Borna CoricCoric – Joao SousaSousa (3-6 7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Borna CoricCoric (1-4) – See H2H details
