Borna Coric and Rafael Nadal will play against each other in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters. The game will start on August 18 at 00:00 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (-4.5) for Nadal – 1.70.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Under 21.5 – 1.63.
Nadal has to beat Coric with confidence. Still, Borna is far from his optimum playing form. Yes, he did beat Musetti, but that is not an indicator that will give faith in Borna’s abilities. Rafa probably won’t have much trouble here.
Even at his best, Coric has lost to Nadal with a big handicap. In 2017, for example, Borna lost with a score of 1-6, 2-6. It’s unlikely that Borna will be able to put up a solid performance against Nadal.
Coric had a poor showing in Montreal last week. In his first match, Borna lost to Marin Cilic (3-6, 2-6).
In Cincinnati, he started much better, defeating Lorenzo Musetti (7-6, 6-3).
Coric had a great tie-break in the first set and took the second game with a score of 6-3.
Interestingly, in the second set, Borna won 100% of the points on both his first and second serves.
After his injury, Coric has only won two consecutive matches at the ATP main level once so far.
Coric has lost his last 4 matches against the players from the top 10.
Nadal, meanwhile, has recovered from another injury and is ready to play again. Open training sessions have confirmed that Rafa is in fine form.
Rafa has had to miss several tournaments, including the Masters in Montreal, due to a torn abdominal muscle sustained in early July at Wimbledon.
Remarkably, if Nadal has lost this season, it has been primarily due to injury. The only exception was a loss to Carlos Alcaraz in the Madrid Masters quarter-finals.
He’s having a phenomenal season, of course. He is the only man capable of winning two Grand Slams at the age of 36.
Nadal has 7 wins in his last 10 Masters’ matches.
In three of Coric’s last five fights, less than 9.5 games have been played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Under 9.5” with odds of 1.69.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Coric’s Rating – 152
Borna Coric Wins/Losses in 2022 – 12/12
Nadal’s Rating – 3
Rafael Nadal Wins/Losses in 2022 – 36/4
The score in the head-to-head encounters is tied at 2-2. The last time they met was at Canadian Open in 2017. In that game, Rafa defeated Borna (6-1, 6-2) in two sets.
The match will be played at Centre Court, Lindner Family Tennis Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
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