PARIS RESULTS. Fernando Verdasco downs Coric in the 1st round

BNP PARIBAS MASTERS - PARIS RESULTS. Verdasco ousts Coric to come up against Alexander Zverev in the 2nd round

Prediction and head to head Fernando Verdasco vs. Borna Coric

Fernando Verdasco tops Borna Coric 3-6 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in Paris on Monday. Verdasco will fight against Alexander Zverev in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Coric had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Verdasco in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, that was not enough for Borna to win the set as Fernando managed to break back in the 8th (3-5) game. The Croatian maintained his focus to break the Spaniard in the 9th (6-3) game.

A crucial moment of the match was when Borna won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

2nd set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Verdasco conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).

3rd set.

Fernando won the set after he broke Borna in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game. That break defined the set and it was sufficient for Fernando to conquer the set because he didn’t concede his serve in the rest of the set.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 87 points vs. the Croatian’s 80 points.

Fernando served exceptionally well to win 81% of the points (39/48) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 45% points (15/33) on his second serve. Verdasco fired 13 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The Spaniard was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8). On the other side, Borna was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (3/6). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Verdasco and Coric is 1-1.

Highlights Fernando Verdasco vs. Borna Coric BNP Paribas Masters – Paris

Next Match: Fernando Verdasco vs. Alexander Zverev – stats

Verdasco will face Zverev in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Fernando Verdasco and Alexander Zverev face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Verdasco (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.

The last time that they played, Verdasco won 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Roland Garros back in 2017.

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