Cincinnati Masters Tennis LIVE – Nadal vs Coric LIVE: Borna Coric beat Nadal Highlights: Rafael Nadal has been sent packing from Cincinnati Masters. The 36-year old playing his first match since Wimbledon Semifinal pullout, lost to Borna Coric from Croatia. Coric won the 3 set marathon by 7-6 (11-9), 4-6, 6-3. After withdrawing from the Wimbledon Semifinal due to injury, this was Nadal’s 1st match at the Cincinnati Masters: Follow Western & Southern Open LIVE on InsideSport.IN
Coric won the 1st set by 7-6 in a 20 point TIE-BREAK. But Nadal made another EPIC comeback by winning the 2nd by 6-4. In the 3rd and deciding set world’s most Grand Slam winner was looking visibly tired. Nadal lost the set 3-6.
The winning moment for @borna_coric 👏
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— Western & Southern Open (@CincyTennis) August 14, 2022
- Nadal started the year with a 21-match win streak in which he won the Melbourne Open, Australian Open and Mexican Open title. His run came to an end after he lost the final at Indian Wells Masters against Taylor Fritz.
- He began the clay court season at Madrid Open where he reached the quarterfinal. He then faced second round defeat at Italian Open.
- At the French Open, he defeated the then World No.1 Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinal and went on to win the title after defeating Casper Ruud in straight sets.
- Rafael Nadal, who was looking to win his third consecutive Grand Slam title this year reached the semifinals at Wimbledon. He was about to face Nick Kyrgios but withdrew from the tournament on the eve of the contest after suffering an abdominal injury.
- He took a month to recover and is finally back to the circuit and has only this tournament at Cincinnati before the year end Grand Slam US Open.
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— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) August 15, 2022
- The 25-year old Borna Coric started the year at Indian Wells Masters where he faced first round defeat. He then bowed out from the second round at Miami Open.
- At the clay court season, he bowed out from the first round at Monte Carlo Masters, Madrid Open and Italian Open. At the French Open, he made it to the second round and lost to Grigor Dimitrov.
- He played few Challenger tournaments and did not play in Wimbledon. He reached the quarterfinal at Hamburg Open where he withdrew from the contest after an injury while playing against Alex Molcan.
- Before the Cincinnati Masters, he faced first round defeat at Canadian Open. At Cincinnati, he defeated Lorenzo Musetti in straight set by winning the contest 7-6, 6-3.
Nadal vs Coric Head-to-Head: Both the players have met four times in the past and surprisingly, their head-to-head record stands 2-2. They last met five years ago at Canadian Open in 2017 with Nadal winning the contest in straight sets. Nadal is yet again the overwhelming favourite and is expected to take lead in the head-to-head record.
Speaking about his comeback, Nadal said, “Abdominal strains are dangerous always. So I had to miss last week in Montreal and I am here to start my professional matches again but I idn’t play a lot at home in terms of matches. I practiced yes, but I was not able to play any sets before here, so just taking things step by step and hoping to be competitive.”
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Cincinnati Masters Tennis LIVE: Rafael Nadal makes comeback after injury, faces Borna Coric in second round at Cincinnati Masters – Follow Nadal vs Coric LIVE updates
