Borna Coric surprises Sebastian Baez 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Salem Open on Tuesday. Coric will try to keep the momentum against Rinky Hijikata in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes. His best result in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Coric added to his prize money $ 4,800 after winning this match. He has already won $ 11,640 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Croatian will add $ 8,735 to his earnings to get in total $ 20,375 in total.
Highlights Borna Coric vs. Sebastian Baez Winston-Salem Open – Winston-Salem
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:21
At the end of the match, the Croatian scored 59 points vs. Sebastian’s 51.
Coric
The Croatian served exceptionally well to win 88% of the points (30/34) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 37% points (10/27) on his second serve. The Croatian was well focused in converting 75% of the break points that he procured (3/4).
Baez
On the other side, Sebastian had some problems converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Coric and Baez is 1-2 for Sebastian.
Draw and next match H2H: Borna Coric vs. Rinky Hijikata – stats
Coric will take on Hijikata in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Borna Coric and Rinky Hijikata play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Coric (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Croatian grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
Borna was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Sebastian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).
They contested 57 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Croatian won just 3 points more than the Argentine (30-27). The Croatian dropped 10 points on serve (23-10). on the other side of the court, Baez conceded 7 points on serve (17-7).
The Croatian won the set after he broke the Argentine in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Baez tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Anyhow, Borna stayed solid to conquer the set 6-4.
Borna converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Argentine converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 53 points. Coric was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Baez (29-24). Coric surrendered 11 points on serve (17-11). On the losing side, the Argentine conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).
Tennis Scores in Salem Open
- Learner TienTien – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-2 6-71 7-62)
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Hugo GastonGaston (6-1 6-4)
- David GoffinGoffin – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-2 6-4)
- Zizou BergsBergs – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (4-6 7-5 6-3)
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Dominic StrickerStricker (6-4 6-1)
- Pavel KotovKotov – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-4 5-7 6-2)
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-3 6-4)
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Nuno BorgesBorges (7-62 6-2)
- Borna CoricCoric – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-3 6-4)
- Juncheng ShangShang – Mariano NavoneNavone (7-5 6-3)
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-1 7-5)
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (7-63 6-4)
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-2 6-2)
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-4 6-4)
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-65 2-6 6-1)
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Arthur CazauxCazaux (4-6 6-3 7-64)
Upcoming matches
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Borna CoricCoric – Rinky HijikataHijikata (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – David GoffinGoffin (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Zizou BergsBergs – (0-1) – H2H details and stats
