Tennis

21 year-old Zagreb native Borna Ćorić will play in the most important match of his young career Sunday night in New York when he takes on world #3 and 2009 US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro at the US Open. The two will meet in the 4th Round (final 16) of the year's final Grand Slam. Ranked 20th in the world, this is the farthest Ćorić has ever been at any Grand … [Read more...] about Ćorić To Face Del Potro In Biggest Match Of Career, Čilić Comes Back From The Dead

21 year-old Croatian tennis player Borna Ćorić, who is currently ranked #20 in the world, has made quick work in the first two rounds of the US Open this tournament. In the 1st Round Monday, Ćorić defeated German Florian Mayer in four sets: 6-2, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 to set up a 2nd Round match with Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena Wednesday afternoon. Ćorić cruised through the match … [Read more...] about Ćorić Cruising At US Open, Čilić Too

Take the day off from thinking about the World Cup boys and girls! Go to church and get your prayers in; Croatia has a long way to go in Russia! It was a huge day for Croatian tennis! Marin Čilić defeated Novak Djoković in three sets to win the ATP 500 Queen's Club championship in London while Borna Ćorić took down 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer to win the … [Read more...] about Čilić, Ćorić Take Down Djokovic, Federer To Win Titles Sunday

#3 ranked Marin Čilić made it to where he was expected to make it- the French Open quarterfinals. But he couldn't get over his Juan Martin del Potro hump, now losing to the Argentine for the 11th time in 13 matches. After rain stopped the match in the first set tiebreaker on Wednesday, play resumed Thursday afternoon with del Potro finishing off Čilić 7-5 in the … [Read more...] about Čilić Crumbles In Paris, Loses To DelPo in 4 Sets

DAY 3  Croatia's #1 tennis player, Marin Čilić, made quick work of Mikhail Kukushkin Sunday afternoon in Varaždin, defeating the Kazakh 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 to book Croatia's spot in the Davis Cup semifinals come this September. Croatia will host a solid United States team made up of John Isner, Sam Querrey and Jack Sock. Croatia defeated Kazakhstan 3-1 with two singles … [Read more...] about Čilić Books Croatia’s Spot In Davis Cup Semis

After making the Wimbledon final in 2017 and the Australian Open final in 2018, losing both times to current world #1 and 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer, Marin Čilić has skyrocketed to #3 in the world; the highest he has ever been ranked. Arguably Croatia's best tennis player, he underperformed at last week's BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, which is the … [Read more...] about Who Is Marin Čilić?

It has long been talked about that Borna Ćorić is the future of Croatian tennis. The 21 year-old Zagreb native is slated to be the next Novak Djokovic based on his style of play. Although Ćorić has yet to make it past the third round of any Grand Slam; his start to 2018 is shaping up well. Ćorić won both his matches against Canada's Vasek Pospisil and Denis … [Read more...] about Ćorić Will Play Federer In BNP Paribas Semis

Borna Ćorić handled business in straight sets against Canada's Denis Shapovalov Sunday in Osijek to give Croatia a 3-1 win over Canada in Davis Cup and move them onto the quarterfinals. Croatia only needed one singles win on Sunday to progress after their 2-set come-from-behind win in doubles  on Saturday- Ćorić and Čilić played for Croatia in that match. It was a … [Read more...] about Ćorić Takes Croatia To Davis Cup Quarterfinals

DAY 2 Marin Čilić came off the bench to join Ivan Dodig Saturday in doubles action to save the day for Croatia. Čilić/Dodig surprisingly lost the first two sets to Nestor/Pospisil but got their act together to take the final three sets for the doubles win. Croatia are now up 2-1 on Canada going into Sunday and only need one win to move onto the next round. Borna … [Read more...] about Čilić, Dodig Come Back To Win Doubles, Put Croatia Up 2-1 Vs. Canada