Cincinnati champion Coric needs five sets against qualifier Couacaud to advance to second round
Borna Coric won against Enzo Couacaud 6-2, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 4-6, 7-5 on Tuesday and will play American Jenson Brooksby in the next round
Borna Coric at the 2022 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati
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Croat Borna Coric, the No 25 seed and Cincinnato champion, advanced to the second round of the US Open by winning against French qualifier Enzo Couacaud 6-2, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 4-6, 7-5 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on Tuesday.
Coric didn’t have to save any match point but his opponent lead 5-3 in the fifth set before losing four games in a row.
Coric, ranked No 29, will face American Jenson Brooksby next.
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- Jenson Brooksby beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-2, 6-0, 3-0 ret.
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- Marin Čilić (15) beat Maximilian Marterer (Q): 6-3, 6-2, 7-5
- Christopher Eubanks (Q) beat Pedro Martinez: 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Federico Coria beat Tallon Griekspoor: 7-5, 6-4, 6-3
- Miomir Kecmanovic (32) beat Learner Tien (WC): 3-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
- Andrey Rublev (9) beat Laslo Djere: 7-6 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4
- Holger Rune (28) beat Peter Gojowczyk: 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- SoonWoo Kwon beat Fernando Verdasco (LL): 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3
- Daniel Evans (20) beat Jiri Vesely: 6-4, 6-1, 6-1
- James Duckworth beat Christopher O’Connell: 4-6, 7-6, 6-2, 6-3
- John Isner beat Federico Delbonis (Q): 6-3, 6-1, 7-5
- Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Sebastian Baez: 7-5, 7-5, 2-0 ret.
- Grigor Dimitrov (17) beat Steve Johnson: 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
- Richard Gasquet beat Taro Daniel: 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-2, 6-2
- João Sousa beat Mackenzie McDonald: 1-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Cameron Norrie (7) beat Benoit Paire: 6-0, 7-6 (1), 6-0
- Brandon Nakashima beat Pavel Kotov (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-2
- Nick Kyrgios (23) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Benjamin Bonzi beat Ugo Humbert (WC): 7-6 (1), 6-1, 5-7, 3-6, 6-2
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- Pedro Cachin beat Aljaz Bedene: 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 1-6, 7-6 (6)
- Brandon Holt (Q) beat Taylor Fritz (10): 6-7 (3), 7-6 (1), 6-3, 6-4
- Jack Draper beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
- Jordan Thompson beat Lorenzo Sonego: 2-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
- Alexander Bublik beat Hugo Gaston: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Botic van de Zandschulp (21) beat Tomas Machac (Q): 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-1, 3-6, 7-5
- Thiago Monteiro beat Alex Molcan: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
- Cristian Garin beat Jiri Lehecka: 3-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5, 6-1
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (6) beat Alexander Ritschard (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Alex De Minaur (18) beat Filip Krajinovic: 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
- Pablo Carreno Busta (12) beat Dominic Thiem (WC): 7-5, 6-1, 5-7, 6-3
- Karen Khachanov (27) beat Denis Kudla: 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
- Corentin Moutet (LL) beat Stan Wawrinka: 6-4, 7-6 (7) ret.
- Nuno Borges (Q) beat Ben Shelton (WC): 7-6 (6), 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (8), 6-3
- Yibing Wu (Q) beat Nikoloz Basilashvili (31): 6-3, 6-4, 6-0
- Hugo Grenier (LL) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
- Casper Ruud (5) beat Kyle Edmund: 6-3, 7-5, 6-2
- Matteo Berrettini (13) beat Nicolas Jarry (Q): 6-2, 6-3, 6-3
- Marton Fucsovics beat Maxime Cressy (30): 6-7 (4), 7-5, 5-1 ret.
- Daniil Medvedev (1) beat Stefan Kozlov: 6-2, 6-4, 6-0
- Andy Murray beat Francisco Cerundolo (24): 7-5, 6-3, 6-3
- Tim van Rijthoven beat Zhizhen Zhang (Q): 3-6, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (9), 6-1, 6-4
- Sebastian Korda beat Facundo Bagnis (Q): 5-7, 7-6 (3), 7-5, 6-1
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- Alejandro Tabilo beat Kamil Majchrzak: 6-1, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-1
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