Borna Coric is the best week of his professional career. Photo: Matthew Stockman / Getty Images / AFP.
the Croatian Borna Coricnumber 152 in the world, this Saturday became the player with the lowest ranking able to reach the final of the Cincinnati Masters 1,000after beating the British cameron norrie in the semifinals.
only Romanian Andrea Pavlevwho was a finalist in Paris in 2003 being number 191 in the world, reached the last act of a tournament of 1,000 and ranked lower than Coric.
Entered the main draw of Cincinnati with protected ranking, Coric is playing tennis at the highest level at the Lindner Family Tennis Center and this week eliminated Spaniards Rafa Nadal and Roberto Bautista and Canadian Felix Auger Aliassime, ahead of Norrie, number 11 in the world.
Coric, the brilliantly talented player who became world number 12 in 2018, beat Norrie 6-3, 6-4, executioner this Friday of Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz.
The Croatian player took advantage of this in direct clashes with Norrie and beat him for the first time on fast surfaces.
Their game, originally scheduled at Center Court, was finally played on the Grand Stand after heavy afternoon rain in Cincinnati significantly delayed the semifinals schedule.
With this victory he is already sure to reach position number 48 in the world rankings this Monday, but with a victory in the final he would be placed in twenty-ninth position.
Source: EFE
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