After a solid performance against Novak Djokovic in Vienna last week, the number 15 seed Borna Coric got off to a successful start in Paris. The Croatian defeated Marton Fucsovics in one hour and 46 minutes 7: 6, 6: 1 and thus secured the 50th place.
Masters 1000 victory. Coric had to work hard in the first set, recovered from a 3-0 deficit in the tie-break and rose through the ranks in the second set to march across the finish line and advance into the second round.
The Croatian saved three of four break chances (three in the first game of the second set alone), delivered three breaks and took the 16th win of the season. Borna broke off first in the third game and broke Marton’s serve with a backhand winner before losing the serve in the next after a backhand error.
Both players served well in the following eight games and prepared a tie-break in which the Hungarian took a 3-0 lead. Borna won the next four points to get back into the game.
With a 5: 4 drop shot winner, he scored two set points and converted the second thanks to Marton’s backhand error. The Croatian secured three breakpoints in the first game of the second set and never looked back.
He broke in game two and opened a 4-1 gap when Marton left a forehand in the net in game five. Coric secured another break 4-1 and won his service game. The 9th
Seed Pablo Carreno Busta won the 33rd Masters 1000 triumph and beat the Roland Garros sensation Hugo Gaston in 69 minutes 6: 3, 6: 2. The Spaniard lost his serve at the beginning of the encounter, then took over the command and stole the teenager’s serve four times out of 13 possibilities.
Carreno Busta had 24 winners and 22 casual mistakes and dominated the shortest and medium exchanges to control the scoreboard and enter the second round.
Jan-Lennard Struff is also through the second round in Paris
Jan-Lennard Struff overthrew the struggling Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili 6: 4, 6: 2, was broken twice but converted five of 18 chances on return to get over the top in straight sets.
Jordan Thompson took the fifth Masters 1000 victory, displaced Federico Delbonis 6: 2, 6: 3 in one hour and 18 minutes, lost just 11 points behind the first shot and produced four breaks to advance into the next round.
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