It's @borna_coric who gets the win! 👏 The 23 year old defeats Fritz 6-4 6-4 & will face the winner of Djokovic v Krajinovic in the round of 16.
Pablo Carreno-Busta and Borna Coric won their opening games on Monday and moved to the 2nd round at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna.
The 2nd set featured a similar blueprint with both players serving very well and holding their serve. They actually played better on their serve than in the first set but Coric was a bit better. Fritz had one break point but once again he failed to use it while Coric used his 2nd he faced in the set to break the American late in the set. He went on to finish the match in the next game.
The 2nd interesting match of the day was between Pablo Carreno-Busta and Gael Monfils. Pablo has had a stellar run in North America while his clay season was less succesfull. Monfils opened the year with back to back titles indoors but his level since the restart has been abysmal. The Frenchman's form wasn't much better in this match with Pablo winning the opening set 6-1 in just 26 minutes. The Frenchman looked terrible at the start of the 2nd set as well with Pablo taking an early 2-0 lead. Monfils then retired from the match after only 41 minutes of play.
It's @borna_coric who gets the win! 👏 The 23 year old defeats Fritz 6-4 6-4 & will face the winner of Djokovic v Krajinovic in the round of 16.