Borna Coric surprises Cameron Norrie 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in Cincinnati on Saturday. Coric will engage against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the quarter in 2016. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Croatian added to his prize money $ 240,055 after winning this match. He has won already $ 529,710 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Croatian will add $ 440,310 to his earnings to get in total $ 970,020 in total.
Highlights Borna Coric vs. Cameron Norrie Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Coric’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Borna scored 63 points vs. Norrie’s 47.
Coric
Coric served very well to win 79% of the points (19/24) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (20/32) on his second serve. The Croatian won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Norrie
On the other side, the Brit didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Coric and Norrie is 3-1 for Borna.
Draw and next match H2H: Borna Coric vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats
Coric will compete against Tsitsipas in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Borna Coric and Stefanos Tsitsipas clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Coric and Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Borna clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Borna broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to conquer the set 6-3.
Cameron was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-3 to 6-3.
The Croatian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Norrie was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40).
They played 54 points. Coric conquered the set after winning 8 points more than the Brit (31-23). The Croatian dropped 10 points on serve (17-10). on the other side of the net, Norrie conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Coric snatched in the 5th game (3-2) before finally winning the set (6-4).
Borna converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Cameron wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).
They contested 56 points. Borna was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than the Brit (32-24). Borna surrendered 7 points on serve (22-7). On the other side, the Brit conceded 10 points on serve (17-10).
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (7-66 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Borna CoricCoric (1-1) – H2H details and stats