Coric stuns Nadal in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open. HIGHLIGHTS – CINCINNATI RESULTS

WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN - CINCINNATI DRAW AND RESULTS. Coric surprises Nadal to play Roberto Bautista Agut in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Borna Coric vs. Rafael Nadal

Borna Coric surprises Rafael Nadal 7-6(9) 4-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati on Wednesday. Coric will try to keep the momentum against Roberto Bautista Agut in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 51 minutes. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2016. Here you can see his history at this event.

Coric
Cincinnati
Coric's Record

The Croatian added to his prize money $ 39,195 after winning this match. He has won already $ 84,510 after this win. If he wins the next match, Coric will add $ 73,485 to his earnings to get in total $ 157,995 in total.

Highlights Borna Coric vs. Rafael Nadal Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Coric
Nadal
Borna Coric
7-69 4-6 6-3
2h:51
Rafael Nadal
96
96
Total points
89
89
38
38
Winners
42
42
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
6
6
1
1
Double Faults
7
7
49%
49%
1st in
55%
55%
83%
83%
1st won
84%
84%
38/46
38/46
1st won
42/50
42/50
67%
67%
2nd won
56%
56%
32/48
32/48
2nd won
23/41
23/41
-- Break Points --
1/2
1/2
Total
1/1
1/1
50%
50%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, Coric scored 96 points vs. the Spaniard’s 89.

Coric

The Croatian served extremely well to win 83% of the points (38/46) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (32/48) on his second serve. The Croatian blasted 12 aces and he committed 1 double fault. The Croatian was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (1/2).

Nadal

On the other side, The Spaniard was exceptional in converting the only break point that he converted. Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Coric and Nadal is 3-2 for Borna.

Draw and next match H2H: Borna Coric vs. Roberto Bautista Agut – stats

Coric will fight against Bautista Agut in the 3rd round.

This will be the 8th time that Borna Coric and Roberto Bautista Agut play each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Bautista Agut (see full H2H stats), but Coric leads 2-1 on hard.

Borna Coric Draw info

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The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Coric won a thrilling breaker 11-9 after a huge fight with 20 points played.

Tiebreak

Coric won 4 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2), 12th (6-6), 17th (9-8) and 20th (11-9) point. On the other side, Nadal won 3 minibreaks in the 7th (3-4), 11th (6-5) and 18th (9-9) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 9-8, 9-9, 10-9, 11-9

The Croatian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (3-3 30-40). The Croatian saved 3 set points when he was 4-5, 5-6 and 6-7 down. On the other side, Borna didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 81 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally the Croatian won just 1 point more than Rafael (41-40). Coric dropped 9 points on serve (32-9). on the other side of the net, Nadal conceded 9 points on serve (31-9).

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Nadal conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before finally winning the set (6-4).

Rafael was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, Rafael didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 60 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Rafael won just 2 more points than Coric (31-29). Nadal lost 10 points on serve (21-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Coric conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).

Similarly to the 2nd set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Borna clinched in the 6th game (4-2) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-3).

The Croatian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Coric didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 44 points. Coric won 8 points more than Rafael (26-18). Coric conceded 5 points on serve (20-5). In addition, on the other side, Rafael conceded 6 points on serve (13-6).

 

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