Borna Coric is the latest addition to the Mubadala World Tennis Championship. The Croatian player will replace Frances Tiafoe, who got injured. At the International Tennis Centre in Zayed Sports City, Coric will face Rublev on the first day of the competition at 6 o’clock.
The world number 26 commented: “I’m excited to be making my Mubadala World Tennis Championship debut in Abu Dhabi. I know there are a lot of Croatian sports fans in the region, so it will be great to play in front of them. Playing in the Championship, with such a strong line-up, is the perfect start to my 2023 season.”
Schedules
These are the revised schedules with Borna.
FRIDAY 16TH
Men’s QF1: Stefanos Tsitsipas v Cameron Norrie @ 4pm (the winner will face Casper Ruud)
Men’s QF2: Andrey Rublev v Borna Coric @ NB 6pm (the winner will play against Carlos Alcaraz)
Women’s Match: Ons Jabeur v Emma Raducanu @ NB 8pm
SATURDAY 17TH
5th Place Play-Off: 3pm
Men’s SF1: Casper Ruud v Stefanos Tsitsipas or Cameron Norrie @ NB 5pm
Men’s SF2: Carlos Alcaraz v Andrey Rublev or Borna Coric @ NB 7pm
SUNDAY 18TH
3rd Place Play-Off: 1pm
Men’s Championship Match: NB 3pm
Trophy Ceremony: Post-Match
Borna Coric in 2022
Currently the world no.26, Borna played his last match on the 25th of November when he beat world no.93 Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4 6-3 in the Rubber 1 of the Davis Cup (draw).
This season Borna has a 27-17 match record. Borna has won 2 titles in 2022 in the Parma Challenger and Cincinnati.
Frances Tiafoe in 2022
At the moment ranked no.19, Tiafoe played his last match on the 24th of November when he lost to world no.45 Lorenzo Sonego 6-3 7-6(7) in the Rubber 1 of the Davis Cup (draw).
During this season the American achieved a compiled 35-25 win-loss record. Frances Tiafoe’s best result of the present year was reaching the final in Estoril and Tokyo.
Borna Coric and Frances Tiafoe played each other only 1 time. Their current head to head is 1-0 for Coric. When they played, Borna Coric won 6-7(0) 6-1 6-7(11) 6-1 6-3 in the Rubber 5 in 2 (Davis Cup, World Group, SF, CRO) in September 2018.
Borna Coric and Frances Tiafoe |
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