the canadian Denis Shapovalov defeated the Croatian in two sets 7-6 (4) and 6-0 Borna Coric and met with the Russian Daniel Medvedevgreat favorite of the tournament, in the final of ATP 500 of Viennaa.
Coric, who had just eliminated Tsitsipas in the second round and Hurkacz in the quarters, suffered in the first round against the Canadian, ranked number 19, who stole his serve to win in a tie-break 7-4.
Shapovalov fought back in the second set, taking an unassailable 5-0 lead in the Balkans and breaking his serve twice in the first few innings.
Shapovalov started the second round flawlessly and closed out the match in one hour and 28 minutes without conceding a single game to the Croatian, who suffered from accumulated fatigue in the previous two games.
Coric, the Cincinnati champion, needed more than five hours to get through both the second-round and quarter-round matches in three sets against favorites Stefanos Tsitsipas and Hubert Hurkacz of Poland.
Now in the final, Shapovalov awaits the heavy favorite, Russian Daniil Medvedev, who has yet to lose a set in the tournament and even defeated Bulgarian Grigori Dimitrov in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2, in the semifinals .
Source: La Verdad
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