Borna Ćorić knocks out Rafael Nadal at Cincinnati Masters
- by croatiaweek
- in Sport
Borna Ćorić has knocked Rafael Nadal out of the Cincinnati Masters tournament in the second round on Wednesday night.
The 25-year-old Croatian, who is now ranked 152nd in the world after missing 12 months of the tour with a shoulder injury, upset the 22-time Grand Slam champion with a three-set victory 7-6 (9), 4-6, 6-3.
“Very, very special. I was out for the last two years. I didn’t play on the big stage and in front of a big crowd. I was honestly just looking forward to playing this match, as I hadn’t had that in the last two years. Now obviously that I have won, it’s just, yeah, kind of crazy, I would say,” Ćorić said after the win.
The winning moment for @borna_coric 👏
— Western & Southern Open (@CincyTennis) August 18, 2022
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Interestingly, it was Ćorić’s third win over Nadal in five meetings. His other wins over the Spaniard came in 2014 in Basel and in 2016 in the third round at Cincinnati.
MOOD!#CincyTennis | @borna_coric pic.twitter.com/yYAGvic83j
— Western & Southern Open (@CincyTennis) August 18, 2022
The Croatian, who will play for Croatia in next month’s Davis Cup Finals, has now beaten a Top 5 player 10 times.
