Krajinovic Fights Back To Beat Coric In Budapest

Qualifier Filip Krajinovic broke down the serve of second-seeded Croatian Borna Coric on Friday in a 6-4, 7-5 victory to book his place in the Hungarian Open semi-finals.

Krajinovic fought back from a 2-4 deficit in the first set, at a point when Coric had lost just three of his service points in as many games. The 27-year-old saved three set points on serve at 4-5 in the second set, prior to breaking Coric in the next game.

The Serbian will now prepare to contest his first ATP Tour semi-final since February 2018 at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, against Hungarian wild card Attila Balazs or France’s Pierre-Hugues Herbert in Budapest.

Later today, fourth-seeded Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili plays fifth seed Laslo Djere of Serbia and Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas faces Matteo Berrettini of Italy.

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