Despite Borna Coric (13) having an 85% first serve statistic in the opening set against wildcard Stan Wawrinka, in first round action in Shanghai, he was outgunned by the Swiss player.
Wawrinka was marginally better winning points on his first serve, and especially solid when requiring a second try. Coric failed to convert any of his three break points, and thus enabled Wawrinka to slip by and lead 6-4.
In the seventh game of set two, Wawrinka had two chances to go a break ahead, but Coric dug himself out of a big hole, and instead proceeded to gain the sole service break of the set for Croatia.
Sets were shared, and Coric carried the momentum through to the decider, winning three of the first four games, and holding his own serve to the finish line. Having lost all previous three encounters against Stan, the victory, 4-6 6-4 6-3, was all the more sweet for the 21 year old.
Other ATP Shanghai first round results
- Wildcard Yibing Wu defeated wildcard Zhe Li 7-6(5) 6-2
- Qualifier Bradley Klahn defeated Nick Kyrgios 4-6 6-4 6-3
- Andreas Seppi defeated Adrian Mannarino 6-4 6-4
- Marco Cecchinato (16) defeated Gilles Simon 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(2)
WTA Tianjin first round results
- Petra Martic (6) defeated Yingying Duan 3-6 6-3 7-6(3)
WTA Hong Kong first round results
- Alizé Cornet (8) defeated lucky loser Julia Glushko 6-1 6-2
- Saisai Zheng defeated Aleksandra Krunic 6-1 6-3
- Kristina Kucova defeated Jelena Ostapenko (3) 5-7 6-3 6-2
WTA Linz first round results
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (6) defeated Viktoria Kuzmova 7-5 7-5
- Alison Van Uytvanck defeated Magdalena Rybarikova (7) 6-3 6-4
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