TOKYO. Daniel upsets Coric in the 1st round of the Rakuten Japan Open

Taro Daniel upsets Borna Coric 6-4 4-6 7-6⁵ in the 1^st round in Tokyo on Tuesday. Daniel will play Jordan Thompson in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Daniel conquered in the 3^rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Coric won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3^rd (1-2) game, The Croatian broke back in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 10^th (6-4) game before winning the set 6-4.

3^rd set.

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, Daniel won the tiebreak at 5.

Statistics

The Japanese won this match even if he conquered the same amount of points of Coric (97 vs. 97).

Daniel served pretty well to win 80% of the points (48/60) behind his first serve, and he won 51% points (19/37) on his second serve. The Japanese won this match even if he had some problems in converting his break points because he converted only 33% (2/6). On the other side, the Croatian had some problems in converting his break points as he converted only 33% of his break points (2/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

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

Highlights Taro Daniel vs. Borna Coric Rakuten Japan Open – Tokyo

Next Match: Taro Daniel vs. Jordan Thompson – stats

Daniel will take on Thompson in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Taro Daniel and Jordan Thompson clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Thompson (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Thompson won 3-6 7-6⁵ 6-0 in the 2^nd round in Sydney back in January 2019.

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Taro DanielDaniel – Borna CoricCoric (6-4 4-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Benoit PairePaire (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Gilles SimonSimon – Pablo AndujarAndujar (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Hyeon ChungChung – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Go SoedaSoeda – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (4-6 7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Joao SousaSousa (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Lucas PouillePouille – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Go SoedaSoeda (0-0) – See H2H details
• John MillmanMillman – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – See H2H details
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (1-0) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (1-2) – See H2H details
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Taro DanielDaniel (1-0) – See H2H details
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Lucas PouillePouille (0-1) – See H2H details
• Hyeon ChungChung – Marin CilicCilic (0-3) – See H2H details
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Gilles SimonSimon (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – See H2H details