Christian Garin outlasts Federico Coria 2-6 6-3 7-5 in the quarter in Rio De Janeiro on Friday after winning a huge battle. Garin will clash against Borna Coric in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Coria started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Garin in the 1st game (1-0). The Argentine improved his lead after breaking the Chilean in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
2nd set.
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Garin conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).
3rd set.
Garin won the set after he broke Coria 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Federico tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Nevertheless, Garin didn’t make any concession anymore before winning the set 7-5.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when the Chilean won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 4-1.
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Chilean scored 100 points vs. Coria’s 95 points.
The Chilean served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (41/54) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 38% points (15/40) on his second serve. Christian won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points because he converted only 33% (4/12). On the other side, the Argentine was effective when converting 57% of the break points that he conquered points (4/7). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Garin and Coria is 1-0 for Christian.
Highlights Christian Garin vs. Federico Coria Rio Open – Rio de Janeiro
Next Match H2H: Christian Garin vs. Borna Coric – stats
Garin will play Coric in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Christian Garin and Borna Coric play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Coric (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Garin won 7-5 6-2 in the semifinal in French Open (juniors) back in 2013.
Tennis Scores in Rio De Janeiro
- Christian GarinGarin – Federico CoriaCoria (2-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Attila BalazsBalazs – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-1) – See H2H details
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Gianluca MagerMager (0-0) – See H2H details
- Christian GarinGarin – Borna CoricCoric (0-1) – See H2H details
