Marin Cilic and Borna Coric are the latest addition to Novak Djokovic’s Adria Tour. The world no.1 has been extremely active in organizing this event that will be played in the Balkans in the next few weeks, with the official tours halted by the Coronavirus pandemic.
Nole has already managed to get on board the likes of Dominic Thiem, Sascha Zverev, and Grigor Dimitrov. Djokovic added another couple of great players after Marin Cilic and Borna Coric agreed to take part in the competition.
The tour will be organized on 4 legs (details) and the second one is scheduled in Zadar (Croatia). That is the place where Marin and Borna will join the event.
Djokovic was elated in announcing the participation of the Croatians. Marin is a slam champion (US Open 2014) and was the runner-up in 2 slams (Wimbledon 2017 and Melbourne 2018). At 23 years of age, Borna is one of the most interesting prospects in Croatia.
“I thank Marin and Borna for joining the tour without asking for any financial compensation. I have known both of them for a long time, they are great guys and we are good friends, so I am really looking forward to meeting up with them in Zadar.
Marin is one of the best players ever from this part of the world while Borna has the potential to break into the top five on the men’s ATP Tour,” said Djokovic.
Here more about the Adria Tour.
Marin Cilic in 2020
Currently ranked no.37, the Croatian played his last match on the 7th of March when he defeated Sumit Nagal 6-0 6-1 in the Rubber 4 of the Davis Cup.
Borna Coric in 2020
Now the world no.33, Borna played his last match on the 23rd of February when he capitulated to Christian Garin 6-4 7-5 in the semifinal in Rio De Janeiro.
Borna Coric’s best result of the present year was getting to the semi-finals in Rio de Janeiro.
Marin Cilic and Borna Coric played each other 7 times. The head to head is 7-0 for Cilic. The last time that they competed against each other, Marin Cilic won 6-3 3-6 6-1 in the 2nd round in Toronto (Rogers Cup) in August 2018.
Dominic Thiem in 2020
At the moment ranked no.3 (career-high), Dominic played his last match on the 22nd of February when he capitulated to Gianluca Mager 7-64 7-5 in the quarter in Rio De Janeiro.
Dominic Thiem’s best accomplishment of this season was getting to the final at the Australian Open.
Novak Djokovic in 2020
Ranked no.1, Novak played his last match on the 29th of February when he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3 6-4 in the final in Dubai to win his 80th career title.
At present, this year Djokovic has a 18-0 win-loss record. Novak clinched 2 titles in 2020 at the Australian Open and in Dubai.
Dominic Thiem and Novak Djokovic played each other 11 times. The head to head is 7-4 for Djokovic. The last time that they played, Novak Djokovic won 6-4 4-6 2-6 6-3 6-4 in the final in Melbourne (Australian Open) on the 2nd of February 2020.
In the following video you can watch the key moments of their match.
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