Alex De Minaur defeats Borna Coric 6-2 4-6 6-4 in the quarter in Zhuhai on Friday. De Minaur will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Roberto Bautista Agut in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
De Minaur conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Coric in the 1st game (1-0). Alex managed to boost his lead after breaking Coric in the 7th (5-2) game before managing to win the set (6-2).
The Croatian lost the 1st game (1-0) when he was 40-0 up.
2nd set.
De Minaur conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Coric in the 1st game (1-0). However, Coric refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Alex 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
3rd set.
There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Australian conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).
Statistics
At the end of the match, De Minaur scored 85 points vs. the Croatian’s 75 points.
Alex didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (5/10). On the other side, Borna was sharp when converting 75% of the break points that he procured points (3/4). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between De Minaur and Coric is 1-0 for Alex.
Next Match: Alex De Minaur vs. Roberto Bautista Agut – stats
De Minaur will play Bautista Agut in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Alex De Minaur and Roberto Bautista Agut since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Zhuhai
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Gael MonfilsMonfils (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Borna CoricCoric (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Andreas SeppiSeppi (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (2-3) – See H2H details
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-0) – See H2H details
