World number three Rafael Nadal makes his much-awaited return to tennis when he takes on the 152nd-ranked Borna Coric in the second round of the 2022 ATP Cincinnati Open on Wednesday, August 17. Get the live streaming options of this Rafael Nadal v Borna Coric match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Rafael Nadal v Borna Coric Head to Head
This is an interesting rivalry with four matches having yielded two wins for both the players. All these matches came in hard court competitions between 2014 and 2017.
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Nadal Returns after Wimbledon Injury
It did not make for a pleasant sight when Nadal struggled through his Wimbledon 2022 quarterfinal against Taylor Fritz. Despite fighting hard and eventually overcoming his opponent in five sets, there was a niggling worry if Nadal had inflicted a longer-term damage on his abdominal muscle.
As it turned out, he had to withdraw from his semifinal and hasn’t played since then. Nadal’s been out of action for nearly six weeks now.
The good news is that Nadal is back on a surface where he holds a 20-1 win-loss record for the season. That’s right, he has won three titles so far including the Australian Open and is coming off a runner-up spot in the last hard court competition he featured in at the Indian Wells Open.
Can he shrug off his his fitness issues and more vitally rustiness here and get going with business-as-usual? Or will things not be as straightforward?
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Coric Goes Past Musetti
Lorenzo Musetti is ranked 33rd in the world but a player who prefers clay courts to hard. And Coric took full advantage of that despite going into the match as 7/5 odds underdog to win.
In a match lasting an hour and 51 minutes, Coric registered a 7-6 (2), 6-3 victory over Musetti to march into the second round. Losing his serve just once in the entire match, it was Coric’s solidity on serve that took him through – he won 74% of his first serve points and 69% of the second.
Even more impressive is the fact this was only Coric’s second win on hard court for the season. The Croat was coming off a first round defeat at the hands of Marin Cilic in Montreal and first and second round losses in Indian Wells and Miami respectively earlier this year.
Can he conjure up a storm against the pedigree of Nadal?
Nadal v Coric Prediction and Tip
Nadal hasn’t played for a while but that has rarely stopped him from coming out all guns blazing and that’s what one can expect from him. A straight-set win for the Spaniard.
Tip: Nadal to win in straight sets: 2/5 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
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