Borna Coric

Borna Coric became the lowest ranked player to win a Masters 1000 title after upsetting Stefanos Tsitsipas to complete a fairytale triumph in Cincinnati.

Tsitsipas opened with a double fault and fell apart from there as Coric roared through the breaker by a 7-0 scoreline to pinch the opening set in one hour and two minutes. However, the underdog remained defiant and came through to consolidate before breaking again on his second match point to secure the biggest win of his career. The No.4 seed looked in complete control as he clinched an instant break, dropping just two points as he romped into a 3-0 lead. It is Coric’s third ATP title and his maiden one at this level having lost his only previous Masters final to Novak Djokovic in Shanghai back in 2018. Asked how he achieved the historic feat, Coric told Amazon Prime: "I’m not sure to be honest. So, I was very calm and focused.

Norrie has followed up his Wimbledon semi-final run by reaching the final at the ATP Tour event in Los Cabos, the third round in Montreal and now the last ...

I started to serve better, I started to play much better and I think that was the key to the match." I knew that was my opportunity to go and strike." [skysports.com/tennis](http://www.skysports.com/tennis), our Twitter account [@skysportstennis](https://twitter.com/SkySportsTennis) & Sky Sports - on the go! "I know it's not an easy task playing against him. "At the beginning I was not there, I was not feeling the ball very well. Norrie had beaten Spanish third seed Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 (4) 6-7 (4) 6-4 to set up a last-four showdown with Coric and has followed up his Wimbledon semi-final run by reaching the final at the ATP Tour event in Los Cabos, the third round of the Masters tournament in Montreal and now the last four again in Cincinnati.

Borna Cilic capped off a tremendous week in Cincinnati by beating Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6(0) 6-2 in the final for his maiden ATP 1000 trophy.

Once he did he turned the match around and it culminated in the tiebreak which he won 7-0. He was rushing to the net whenever he could as he was getting nowhere from the baseline. He entered the event with a protected ranking as he was ranked outside of the top 150 but grew confident with every match win.

Borna Coric made Western & Southern Open history on Sunday as the lowest-ranked player to win the Rookwood Cup.

He came to Cincinnati ranked No. Coric didn't miss much on Sunday. And because of that, Coric made tournament history with a 7-6 (0), 6-2 win over No.

Ćorić has beaten four top-20 players in consecutive matches, including Rafael Nadal, to reach the final. The Croatian, who only returned to the ATP tour in ...

Ćorić has beaten four top-20 players in consecutive matches, including Rafael Nadal, to reach the final. “I don’t have much to lose. 25-year-old Croatian Borna Ćorić has created history as the the lowest ranked player ever to reach the Cincinnati Masters final.

Borna Coric defeated fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6 (7/0), 6-2 on Sunday to win the ATP and WTA Cincinnati Masters. The number 152 Croat who missed a ...

[Tsitsipas](/topic/tsitsipas)4-1 before turning the corner and sweeping the tiebreaker to love. Borna Coric defeated fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6 (7/0), 6-2 on Sunday to win the ATP and WTA Cincinnati Masters. [Roberto Carretero](/topic/roberto-carretero), the 1996 Hamburg champion, as the lowest-rated Masters trophy lifter.

Croatian Borna Ćorić has won his first Masters 1000 title when he won the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. Ranked 152nd at the start of the tournament ...

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It allows Coric to easily navigate the scoreboard pressure and level once more. The No.4 seed opens with a double fault and struggles to recover from there. Coric suffers a real lull with an avoidable unforced error and a double fault contributing to a 0-40 situation. Tsitsipas completely falls apart as he loses the breaker by a 7-0 scoreline. Coric basks in the rapturous applause as he produces the shot of the match with a backhand flicked lob to bamboozle Stef at the net. It’s far from routine and it takes some doing but a big serve and a slice long from the Greek eventually see the Croatian consolidate.

Borna Coric downed Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6(0), 6-2 to win the Cincinnati Masters final and his first ATP 1000 level title on Sunday.

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Resurgent Borna Coric powered past fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6 (0) 6-2 to win the Cincinnati Open on Sunday, signalling his return to full fitness ...

"It was a very, very tough match at the beginning I was not playing very well and he was pushing me very hard. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com That break would be the one and only for Tsitsipas as Coric would dig in taking the fight to the Greek.

The Croat “started the week with not much confidence, to be honest,” and finished it with his first Masters 1000 title and wins over five seeded players.

And now Coric will be a part of it. With Djokovic and Zverev likely to be absent, the ATP free-for-all may continue in New York. The faster courts in Cincy seemed to inspire a more aggressive approach from this typically steady baseliner. Coric obviously knows his own game, but he may be short-changing his backhand just a bit in that analysis. 5 seed Cam Norrie in the semifinals, and the fourth-seeded Tsitsipas for the title. Cincinnati, USA

The world number 152 from Croatia dispatched the Greek star 7-6 (7/0), 6-2 to become the lowest-ranked player to ever lift a Masters trophy.

"I still hope to come back here and win it one day. I need to recover and just get ready for the US Open." "He's an unbelievable player, and he's not gonna miss on my solid balls. "I thought I could play well. "I came into the tournament with many, many (training) sessions It's just an unbelievable feeling," the winner said.

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“He was obviously the opposite of what I was, very much involved,” he explained. Coric will be there as well, ready to prove his recent heroics were not a fluke, but proof that he has indeed rediscovered his health and his talent. “I think I just realized that I need to be more aggressive,” he said. He had a few good returns, and it cost me because that first set could have been very life-changing. He was putting the pressure on me. He was taking the ball super early. He was making me move a lot. “It cost me.” Suddenly even the Russian, a hard court juggernaut, was out – who would step up and claim the prestigious Rockwood Cup? He wouldn’t have to wait much longer for his next opportunity, however. I was training hard, and I knew I could play good tennis, but that I could play this level of tennis – I was just not aware.” I thought I could play well.

Learn how Borna Coric defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati.

Controlling the Ad court with his solid backhand and heavy run-around forehand was always going to be the preferred way to wrestle control of points against Tsitsipas. Coric was simply more dominant from the back of the court. The Croatian felt at home standing in the Ad court crushing backhands and using his run-around forehand to hit high and heavy back cross court. Tsitsipas raced to a 4-1 lead after 16 minutes of play on the back of making his first 16 backhands of the match. In fact, Coric’s average backhand speed was just one mile per hour slower than Tsitsipas’ average forehand speed (71 mph), and almost as fast as his own forehand (72 mph average). The engine room of Coric’s game has always been a rock-solid backhand, and he led with his strong suit to win his maiden ATP Masters 1000 title.

Croatian tennis player Borna Coric achieved his graduation in the ATP tour by winning the Cincinnati Masters after beating Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6, ...

This Sunday he was able to nullify the offensive charge of his opponent who had just surprised no less than the No. He defeated them all en route to his first tour-level clay-court title. His record against the Greek player, whom he had beaten at the US Open 2020 in the last meeting between the two, was 2-1. The also Shanghai 2018 finalist broke at 2-4 just before saving three break points to level the score. And to think that just in May he was outside the Top-200, and still struggling to regain confidence after being sidelined between March 2021 and 2022 due to a shoulder injury that required surgery. 3 Rafael Nadal (2R) and then No.

Borna Coric defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6 (7-0), 6-2 in final on Sunday to signal his intent ahead of US Open; Coric, who was ranked 152 in the tournament ...

"He was making me move a lot. But in the first couple of rounds, I'm not really focused on the next round. That's what I did for five days in a row."

Borna Coric, who began the tournament outside the world's top 100, and qualifier Caroline Garcia both emerged triumphant in Cincinnati.

The 28-year-old has also won a grass-court event in Bad Homburg and the Warsaw tournament on clay since her return. Coric broke back in the eighth game of the set as the first set went to a tie-break. The qualifier broke again in the first game of the second set, leading Kvitova to head off court for an injury timeout. “We made it clear which way I have to play, which direction I have to go,” Garcia said afterwards, referring to her new coach Bertrand Perret and her team. His first ATP title since 2018 sees Coric jump up the rankings to No 29, and earn a seeding for the US Open, which starts on 29 August. Returning after surgery on his right shoulder last year, Coric only returned to the ATP Tour in March.

The Croatian defeated world number seven Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6 (0), 6-2 on the hard courts of Cincinnati. Despite the scoreline, it was not a one-sided ...

"But I started to serve better and play better and I was fighting hard. "Thank you to my parents, who are not here, my sister and my team. In the ensuing tiebreak, Tsitsipas made a slew of unforced errors, allowing Coric to grab the initiative.

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[ATP Tour](https://www.tennis365.com/category/atp-tour/) [WTA Tour](https://www.tennis365.com/category/wta-tour/) [US Open](https://www.tennis365.com/category/us-open/) “The less he misses, the more he makes your life difficult,” Tsitsipas said. [Tennis News](https://www.tennis365.com/category/tennis-news/) I don’t know why I didn’t. “I’m still looking for the answer myself. Coric, though, “bagelled” the Greek in the tie-breaker. Sometimes it makes you not be that much present in the moment when you’re too relaxed. I could have used my chances in the first set. [US Open](https://www.tennis365.com/tennis-news/novak-djokovic-and-other-players-who-could-miss-the-us-open/) where he will be seeded third behind Medvedev, Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz. He was making me move a lot.

Borna Coric's dream run to his maiden ATP Masters 1000 title at the Western & Southern Open propels the Croatian back into the Top 30 of the Pepperstone ATP ...

[Taylor Fritz](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview), +1 (Joint Career High) [Taylor Fritz](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview) breezed past [Sebastian Baez](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sebastian-baez/b0bi/overview) and the in-form [Nick Kyrgios](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nick-kyrgios/ke17/overview) for the loss of just seven games in his opening two matches in Cincinnati, successes that he backed up with a third-round deciding-set victory against sixth seed [Andrey Rublev](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview). 4 [Carlos Alcaraz](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview). 1 [Daniil Medvedev](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview) as Tsitsipas reached the final in Ohio for the first time. After opening wins against [Holger Rune](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/holger-rune/r0dg/overview), [Andy Murray](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andy-murray/mc10/overview) and [Ben Shelton](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ben-shelton/s0s1/overview) in Ohio, Norrie prevailed in a thrilling three-set quarter-final victory against World No. The 24-year-old moved past 12 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings as he eyes his Top 10 breakthrough in the coming weeks. The Croatian upset three Top 10 opponents in [Rafael Nadal](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview), [Felix Auger-Aliassime](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/felix-auger-aliassime/ag37/overview) and [Stefanos Tsitsipas](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview) to clinch the biggest title of his career and his first since 2018. [Read Cincinnati Final Report & Watch Highlights.](https://www.atptour.com/en/news/tsitsipas-coric-cincinnati-2022-sunday-final) [View Latest Pepperstone ATP Rankings](https://www.atptour.com/en/rankings/singles) [Cameron Norrie](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/cameron-norrie/n771/overview) moved to 41-19 for the season with his Cincinnati semi-final run. No. [Borna Coric](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/borna-coric/cg80/overview)’s dream run to his maiden ATP Masters 1000 title at the Western & Southern Open propels the Croatian back into the Top 30 of the Pepperstone ATP Rankings for the first time since May 2021. [Borna Coric](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/borna-coric/cg80/overview) announced his return to the big stage in style in Cincinnati by charging to his first Masters 1000 crown.

In the men's final, Coric, the world number 152, became the lowest-ranked player to claim a Masters Trophy. While in the women's Garcia, 28, became the ...

“I’m always focused on the round which I’m playing right now. That’s what I did for five days in a row.” But in the first couple of rounds, I’m not really focused on the next round. The next year, he was the youngest player to make it into Top 50. In 2014, Boran Coric was the youngest player in the Top 100 of the year-end ATP Rankings. The previous holder of the record was then-world number 143 Roberto Carretero of Spain, who won in Hamburg in 1996. No qualifier had won a WTA 1000 title since the tier was created in 2009. [August 21, 2022] Garcia, 28, became the first qualifier to win a WTA 1000 title with her 6-2, 6-4 win against Petra Kvitova. He earned nine victories against Top 5 opponents and climbed to a career-high World No. Borna Coric powered past fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6, 6-2 to win the Cincinnati Open on Sunday.

Borna Ćorić and Caroline Garcia both earned historic titles with victories in their respective finals at the Cincinnati Masters on Sunday.

Every title is very special, 250, 1000, it's always very hard to describe it. "I'm really grateful for this great week of tennis, and to win another title, it's very special. We have been working very hard and now we are here." "Every single win is very important. "It has been very tough for us. 29 thanks to his win.