“Both Nadal and Tsitsipas, best moment of his life I bet,” Tennis Twitter celebrate the brilliance of Borna Coric as he wins the 2022 Cincinnati Masters
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Borna Coric
Ranked World No. 152 at the start of the last week, Borna Coric, entered the 2022 Cincinnati Masters through protected ranking looking to get some Tour-level matches under his belt. A week later, he is now the champion of the ATP-1000 event having defeated many in-form players on his way to the title defeating the 4th seeded Stefanos Tstisipas.
Coric won the match 7-6(0), 6-2 in 1 hour and 57 minutes to defeat Stef and win his maiden Masters title and his 3rd Tour title as he now posses titles in all three ties of the Tour, ATP-250 title in Morocco, the ATP-500 title in Halle and now the Masters title in Cincinnati. Coric dropped just 1 set throughout the entire tournament, with only 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal being able to take a set of the Czech during their 2nd round clash.
“Borna Coric has been clutch all week in Cincinnati,” Fans rejoice the Czech’s win
With Coric riding high on confidence, the final was quite balanced before Borna ran a one-man show after coming clutch in the first set’s tiebreaker. With the title, Borna makes a massive jump of 123 places to sit at the World No. 29 spot in the updated rankings after the tournament and tennis fans could not be happier seeing the comeback of Coric and comeback how. Stef also has a jump in his ranking as he rises to World No. 5 from 7.
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