Borna Coric stuns Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6(0) 6-2 in the final in Cincinnati on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 57 minutes. This is the first time that Borna conquered this tournament. His best achievement in this tournament so far was reaching the quarter. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Borna added $ 440,310 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 970,020 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Borna Coric vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Coric’s Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLSkhuAFaRA
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:57
At the end of the match, the Croatian scored 79 points vs. Stefanos’s 61.
Coric
The Croatian served very well to win 84% of the points (36/43) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 48% points (14/29) on his second serve. Coric won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 25% (3/12) of the procured opportunities.
Tsitsipas
On the other side, Stefanos was struggling when converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Coric and Tsitsipas is 2-1 for Borna.
This was the 3rd career title for Coric. He won the previous title in Halle. (see list of titles and finals). Stefanos remains with 9th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Coric was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, the Croatian found the way to come back to break Stefanos in the 7th (3-4) game before winning the set at the breaker at 0.
Tiebreak
Coric won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 5th (5-0) and 7th (7-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 7-0
Borna converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (2-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Greek converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (3-1 15-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 80 points. Borna won 8 points more than Tsitsipas (44-36). Coric conceded 13 points on serve (30-13). On the other side, Stefanos conceded 14 points on serve (23-14).
The Croatian in this set was in much better shape than Stefanos and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking Stefanos in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Stefanos was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The Croatian converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Greek was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 60 points. Borna was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than the Greek (35-25). Coric conceded 9 points on serve (20-9). On the losing side, the Greek conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).
