RIO DE JANEIRO RESULTS. Spirited Borna Coric survives Seyboth in the 2nd round

RIO OPEN - RIO DE JANEIRO RESULTS. Coric survives Seyboth to face Lorenzo Sonego in the quarter

Prediction and head to head Borna Coric vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild

Borna Coric survives Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-3 1-6 7-65 in the 2nd round in Rio De Janeiro on Thursday after conquering a huge battle. Coric will face Lorenzo Sonego in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Borna won the set after he broke Seyboth in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Seyboth tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nonetheless, Coric managed to stay calm and finish the job before winning the set 6-3.

2nd set.

Seyboth was too good to drop just 1 game before breaking Coric 2 times and win the set 6-1.

Borna was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

3rd set.

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, the Croatian won the tiebreak at 5.

Statistics

Coric won this contest even if he conquered less points than Seyboth (86 vs. 93).

The Croatian served pretty well to win 75% of the points (40/53) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 47% points (17/36) on his second serve. Borna won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 29% (2/7). On the other side, Seyboth had some problems converting his break points (only 25%3/12). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

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

Highlights Borna Coric vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild Rio Open – Rio de Janeiro

Next Match H2H: Borna Coric vs. Lorenzo Sonego – stats

Coric will take on Sonego in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Borna Coric and Lorenzo Sonego since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

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