Stefanos Tsitsipas, ranked seventh in the world, will compete against Borna Coric, ranked 152nd, in the 2022 ATP Cincinnati Open championship match on Sunday.
Tsitsipas defeated Daniil Medvedev in three sets over the course of two hours and 25 minutes to advance to his fifth ATP final of the year. He’ll be going for his third championship of the year and first one on hard courts. Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Medvedev with a score of 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-3 after also being pushed to the limit by John Isner in the quarterfinals. Both players broke three serves during the match, but Tsitsipas’ ruthless play in the decisive set proved to be the difference between them. Tsitsipas earned himself the sole break-point of the final set in the sixth game and converted it after saving a set-point in the opening set. He then advanced into the final with just four points lost on his own serve.
Coric has participated in five matches in this competition, and each time he took the court, he was the second-favorite player going into that match. It began with a victory over Lorenzo Musetti in the first round, but it was more crucial when he faced Rafael Nadal as a 4/1 underdog in the second set. The Spaniard was defeated by Borna Coric in three sets. From that point on, Coric has had little trouble defeating Roberto Bautista Agut, Felix Auger-Aliassime, and Cameron Norrie to get to the championship game. Particularly when playing Norrie, Coric spent an hour and a half on court and only encountered two break points. Coric is participating in his first ATP final since October 2020, and he will face a challenge in defeating an improved Tsitsipas.
Borna Coric and Stefanos Tsitsipas are scheduled to face one another in the finals of the 2022 Cincinnati Open on Sunday, August 21. The tournament is scheduled to run from August 14 till August 21.
The 2022 Cincinnati Open will see six rounds of action excluding the qualifiers. These include the round of 64, round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final for both men’s and women’s. The tournament is scheduled to commence on August 14 and conclude on August 21 this year.
Competition Stage | Date |
Round of 64 | August 14 , 16 |
Round of 32 | August 16 , 17 |
Round of 16 | August 18 |
Quarter-finals | August 19 |
Semi-finals | August 20 |
Finals | August 21 |
Player | Seed |
Daniil Medvedev | 1 |
Rafael Nadal | 2 |
Carlos Alcaraz | 3 |
Stefanos Tsitsipas | 4 |
Casper Ruud | 5 |
Andrey Rublev | 6 |
Felix Auger-Aliassime | 7 |
Hubert Hurkacz | 8 |
Country | Where to watch |
Australia | beIN Sports |
Canada | TSN/Sportsnet/TVA Sports |
India | Voot/Sports18 |
UK | Amazon Prime Video |
US | Tennis Channel |