Surprise in Cincinnati, Coric eliminated Nadal
Croatian tennis player Borna Coric made a big surprise at the 1000 Series Masters tournament in Cincinnati after eliminating Rafael Nadal in the second round.
After almost three hours of play, the Croatian beat the Spaniard in three sets with 7:6,4, 6,6:3, XNUMX:XNUMX.
In the first set, both tennis players were confident on their serve, Coric did not allow a single break point, while Nadal successfully defended one opportunity to take away the serve, after which the set was decided in the tie-break.
In it, Coric was the first to reach a mini break and took the lead with 3:2, but Nadal fought back in the seventh point, and then both tennis players made two mini breaks each, up to 20 points, which belonged to Coric and won the set with 11:9 .
In the second set, Nadal used the first break point of the match and took the lead with 3:4, after which, with a reliable service, he equalized at 1:1 in sets. Z
There was one break in the third set, this time it belonged to Coric, who proved to be the key to the winner. The Croatian won 6:3 in the deciding set and scheduled a duel with another Spaniard, Roberto Bautista-Agut, in the next round.