2016 Chennai Open Final: [1] Stan Wawrinka vs [8] Borna Coric

Who will win?

  • Wawrinka in 2

    Votes: 8 50.0%
  • Wawrinka in 3

    Votes: 4 25.0%
  • Coric in 3

    Votes: 3 18.8%
  • Coric in 2

    Votes: 1 6.3%

  • Total voters
    16
  • Poll closed .

Garhi Shot First

Hall of Fame
Old Gun vs Young Gun :cool:

H2H is 2-0 Wawrinka. They met at Chennai last year in R16, where Stan won 6-1 6-4. Most recently, they played in R32 at Cincinnati, where Stan won in three tough sets 3-6 7-6(3) 6-3.

Side stories:
+ Wawrinka is gunning for his 12th title and is the most successful player there (5 finals and 3 titles, including 2 in a row).
+ The last two times Wawrinka won the title here, he went on to win a slam. :eek: Is a hat-trick in store, or will there be plot twists? o_O
+ Coric is the first teenager in an ATP tour final since Marin Cilic (New Haven '08).
+ Coric stated prior to the tournament that playing Wawrinka in the final was his dream! :eek: Is he a magician?? o_O

Who will take this one?
 
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Gytha

Legend
would love Coric to take this and bag his first ATP title but think it'll be Stan, depending on which Stan shows up of course.
 

Garhi Shot First

Hall of Fame
Neat stat: Unless I miscounted, Stan has won 21 sets in a row, not counting one 2nd set retirement by Pospisil at 5-5. Includes one TB set (Muller QF in 2015).
 

swordtennis

G.O.A.T.
Stan in 2 However It would be fantastic for Coric's confidence if he beats Stan. Coric needs this more than Stan.
 
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The Green Mile

Bionic Poster
Haven't seen Coric play this week, but Stan looking pretty good. Only a couple of lapses here and there. Anyway, I think Stan wins his 3rd Chennai title.
 

Dolgopolov85

G.O.A.T.
Have watched Coric's matches against Granollers, RBA and Bedene. He has improved a lot but by his own admission is still missing a few tricks. Gave the under powered Bedene way too much respect. Stan The Lion will be all over him unless he has a really bad day. And he doesn't look like he's going to. He's gearing up for his favourite part of the season, where it all started. Still, I expect a tougher match than last year where Bedene was hopelessly overshadowed by Stan. Coric will serve bigger and get more balls back in play. On the flipside, his net game needs...well, tons of improvement isn't quite doing it justice. But does seem to have a more assured overhead than his idol did at the same stage of his career. ;)
 

Garhi Shot First

Hall of Fame
It's hard to tell how this one will go. Coric troubled Stan in Cincinnati, but that was mostly Stan having an awful day right on the heels of the Kyrgios stuff in Montreal. I think it will be more of a battle than last time they played at Chennai.

What time does this start?
In about 10 minutes! :) 5pm local time.
 

Garhi Shot First

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The Green Mile

Bionic Poster
I'm using Chrome now for TennisTV. For streaming, I've tried Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Edge, but nothing works. Do you know what might be wrong?
Nah, I dunno. The ads show up, but I can close them when clicking on the small "close" signs. And they don't pop back up. I'm not the most computer savvy person, so you maybe want to ask someone else, lol....
 

Garhi Shot First

Hall of Fame
Nah, I dunno. The ads show up, but I can close them when clicking on the small "close" signs. And they don't pop back up. I'm not the most computer savvy person, so you maybe want to ask someone else, lol....
Thanks. haha Yeah, I try to close them, but they don't go away--they just redirect me to another page asking me to update my flash or sign up for an account. Very annoying, since my flash is already updated.
 
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