Borna Coric v Nick Kyrgios. Who will have better career?

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Borna Coric v Nick Kyrgios. Who will have better career?

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Borna Coric v Nick Kyrgios could be the big rivalry in the future. They both had good junior careers and now are making waves on the Tour. Of course, it is very early days. They do look like being future stars but a lot could change.

NK has made some high profile runs at the slams already. While both already have the scalp of the great Nadal.

Right now it seems Coric FH still needs some work if he is to reach the top top. While Kid Nick has the great serve which is going to win him a lot of matches.

If they do fulfill their promise their careers, and the answer to the question, could well be determined by speeds of the courts. Faster courts are obviously going to suit NK.

Tension helps build a rivalry, could this be the start:

"I read Coric made a statement that he was the best player of his generation and he plays like Djokovic. I sort of giggled to myself a little bit," Kyrgios said.

"He's had a couple of good results and he's already thinking that he's playing like Djokovic or Murray.
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Don't worry, we will still be able to enjoy the bubbling Raonic Nishikori rivalry first.
 
Love the tension. Doesn't matter who has the better career. Lets hope these two don't fizzle out early. The fact that Kyrgios is so young yet already so prone to injury makes me nervous. And Coric could EASILY become Tomic. Remember how much hype was around him?
 
i'm curious to see those 2 play on the main tour...

they apparently met twice in the juniors (2-0 for kyrgios):
2012 Osaka Mayor's Cup - World Super Junior Tennis Championships JPN Hard SF KYRGIOS 7-6(5) 6-2
2013 AEGON Junior International Roehampton GBR Grass QF KYRGIOS 6-2 6-2
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http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/pl...sult.aspx?player1=100118700&player2=100165708
King Fed WW said:
Don't worry, we will still be able to enjoy the bubbling Raonic Nishikori rivalry first.
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next episode should be next week in davis cup ! :)
http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100022378
 
I see Coric as a bit of a Muray clone and Kyrgios as a flashy Tsonga type.

I'd put my money on Coric at this point, I see him having a more consistent career, more titles and match wins.

Kyrgios on the other hand has the potential to steal a slam out of no where, but I see a way more up and down career path in the long run.
 
el sergento said:
I see Coric as a bit of a Muray clone and Kyrgios as a flashy Tsonga type.
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Shhhh....don't let Coric hear you. Apparently he only sees himself as a Murray clone when he's playing badly! :wink:

el sergento said:
I'd put my money on Coric at this point, I see him having a more consistent career, more titles and match wins.

Kyrgios on the other hand has the potential to steal a slam out of no where, but I see a way more up and down career path in the long run.
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Hmmm....what has Coric done yet to compare with Kyrgios? At the same age, Kyrgios made his first Slam quarter-final and has since made another. Coric has only just made it to the semis of a 500 event so let's not get carried away here. Coric may yet go on to become the more accomplished player but as things stand at the moment, Kyrgios has achieved much more and is by far the more promising!
 
Mainad said:
Shhhh....don't let Coric hear you. Apparently he only sees himself as a Murray clone when he's playing badly! :wink:



Hmmm....what has Coric done yet to compare with Kyrgios? At the same age, Kyrgios made his first Slam quarter-final and has since made another. Coric has only just made it to the semis of a 500 event so let's not get carried away here. Coric may yet go on to become the more accomplished player but as things stand at the moment, Kyrgios has achieved much more and is by far the more promising!
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This and we haven't really seen Coric play a lot of best of 5 matches in slams. That's a completely different thing and I'm not sure whether he can execute his game in such long matches. Time will tell I suppose.
 
Mainad said:
Hmmm....what has Coric done yet to compare with Kyrgios? At the same age, Kyrgios made his first Slam quarter-final and has since made another. Coric has only just made it to the semis of a 500 event so let's not get carried away here. Coric may yet go on to become the more accomplished player but as things stand at the moment, Kyrgios has achieved much more and is by far the more promising!
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Well, the question is who will have a better career, not's who's had the better career thus far.

I stand by my predictions. In this slow court era, I'll give the edge to the steady grinder over the flashy attacker any day.

Also, what makes Kyrigios look more promising? His flashy game? If anything he looks like the poster child for a flash in the pan.

Coric on the other hand looks like a careerist. The way he purposefully held back from attacking, and would just reset the point against Murray, even when he had openings, makes me think he's got more brains than Kyrgios, who would have gambled and gone for the winner.

Again, I'd rather watch Kyrgios play, and I despise the Murray / Djoko brand of pong that passes for tennis these days. But Coric if very much of that mold, and that mold is the way to have a long, successful career in this era.

See Ferrer vs. Tsonga for a comparison in terms of career achievements.

My 0.02 c
 
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Mainad said:
Shhhh....don't let Coric hear you. Apparently he only sees himself as a Murray clone when he's playing badly! :wink:



Hmmm....what has Coric done yet to compare with Kyrgios? At the same age, Kyrgios made his first Slam quarter-final and has since made another. Coric has only just made it to the semis of a 500 event so let's not get carried away here. Coric may yet go on to become the more accomplished player but as things stand at the moment, Kyrgios has achieved much more and is by far the more promising!
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Kyrgios was 19 when he reached his first Slam quarter-final.

Coric at the same age is doing as well as Kyrgios. Coric isn't 19 until November.
 
SpinToWin said:
This and we haven't really seen Coric play a lot of best of 5 matches in slams. That's a completely different thing and I'm not sure whether he can execute his game in such long matches. Time will tell I suppose.
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I think, again, in the long run, and if he doesn't develop any physical limitations, that his game plan absolutely favors long matches. Just watch how he hung in physically with Murray during those long exchanges.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjF_3RqUX5g
 
tennisaddict said:
Am I wrong in thinking this will be the sequel to Fedal wars ?
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Too early to say that will be the case, whether they end up dominant Top 2s or fringe Top 10-20 type players.
Kyrgios at this stage, bigger weapons in his serve and forehand, and fearless attitude.
 
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Assuming their careers won't get significantly ruined due to injury, I'd say Kyrgios.

Coric is nothing but another defensive workman in territory of Djokovic, Murray with champion's mentality while Kyrgios has no serious limitations in his game.

Kyrgios will achieve more but conditions they will excel on will be exactly opposite.. Kyrgios's large share of achievement will come on Fast harde, Grass courts while Coric will excel on clay and slow hard courts.
 
Im leaning towards Kyrgios having a better career, he just seems like a meaner competitor. He's got the right idea, at least if you wanna win.
 
Bud said:
Kyrgios will have a career like the Scud. Coric will win slams as the big 4 age out.
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This.

Kygios appears to be too injury prone. I remember last year he cut his schedule early because he was already burnt out. Something's wrong there somewhere. Coric for me.
 
D.Nalby12 said:
Kyrgios will achieve more but conditions they will excel on will be exactly opposite.. Kyrgios's large share of achievement will come on Fast harde, Grass courts while Coric will excel on clay and slow hard courts.
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Therefore their careers and achievements could be greatly influenced by court speed. (ie those in charge)
 
Honey Nut Kygios is a headcase. Unless he addresses what's between his ears, then it doesn't matter how much talent he has. Tennis is more mental than anything else.
 
As of now, they may be the biggest rivals to each other and stay at no. 1 and 2, but it's too early to tell. Other players can suddenly develop more or some other guys we've never heard of may also emerge.
 
I have no idea, but they are already a more interesting than Raonic and Nikishori... let's hope they dont fizzle out as tennis would have a serious slump on its hands!
 
WhiskeyEE said:
Kyrgios because he will do better at Wimbledon, which will automatically make his career better.
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how is this "automatic"?...all 4 slams are equal and have been for a while now...long gone are the days where Wimbledon is above, it's not
 
Way too early to tell. Although Kyrgios is more impressive.
 
It's too early to tell. I hope they end up with somewhat similar success a la Becker/Edberg but they could very well end up like Federer/Roddick or Nadal/Gasquet. At this point anything is possible.

Around 2002-2003, you'd be called crazy if you said Federer would end up with 17 slams(and counting) and Roddick with just 1. Same with Nadal with 14 slams and counting to Gasquet's 0.

Fed's variety found more success than Roddick's power while Nadal's grinding game accomplished more than Gasquet's gliding game.
 
Coric on Clay should be a force if he maintains his ego
He touted he was going out to Win against Fed and managed
to "win" 3 games but I see him winning on clay more than hard
but could be a Ferrer on Hard or a Ferrer overall.
Kyrgios injury is a big thing here, I remember him as a chubby boy
not that long ago and his rise has been short of a miracle from
those days playing small events.
Kyrgios tennis is great to watch but I hope his ego doesnt start
to take away the work ethic required to methodically improve.

So yeah injury is the real weakness for one and explosive ability
lacking in the other but both very young hard to call.

Coric needs a heavier FH and should get it with Ivan by his side :)

Kyrgios needs some serious clay time while he is still young to
give him the ability to grind anywhere when serve is not on.
 
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Isn't Kyrgios too tall to be a dominant player? He is 1m93 (according to wikipedia), while Coric is 1m85.

With height come power on the serve and the groundstroke, but moving quickly is harder, sustaining long matches is harder, and avoiding injuries is harder.

Very few top players have been more than 1m90 until now. Del Potro, Cilic, Krajicek, Ivanisevic...All of them were often dark horse in slams but at the end they won only one slam each.
 
If I had to bet, I'd say Coric. Based on the fact that his consistent baseline style is perfectly suited to today's conditions. Also his breakout last year was on clay, and that makes up a big chunk of the schedule, unlike fast courts. Kyrgios is less consistent, and again the injuries are concerning. I much prefer watching Kyrgios though, and both have a lot of promise.

I'm wondering if Zverev will throw his name into the mix again. He seems lost lately. But remember he had his breakout before Coric.

The next junior I'm hyping is Rublev. He's younger, but could see him quickly joining these guys soon
 
Coric represents the more apt archetype for the scene as it currently exists. I think Kyrgios will have the greater career.
 
Flash O'Groove said:
Isn't Kyrgios too tall to be a dominant player? He is 1m93 (according to wikipedia), while Coric is 1m85.
With height come power on the serve and the groundstroke, but moving quickly is harder, sustaining long matches is harder, and avoiding injuries is harder.Very few top players have been more than 1m90 until now. Del Potro, Cilic, Krajicek, Ivanisevic...All of them were often dark horse in slams but at the end they won only one slam each.
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Roddick like career if he stays injury free is possible otherwise could be a Tomic, DelPo or Safin no order of success.

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Coric represents the more apt archetype for the scene as it currently exists. I think Kyrgios will have the greater career.
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If injury free a tall player will only be as good as his serve, I dont see a slow court grinder here but Coric so far has no issues grinding but will see in best of 5, Kyrgios has done better on Hard so far.

The Green Mile said:
Kyrgios vs Coric rivalry sounds wonderful. Right now, I'm thinking Kyrgios.
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Lets hope they both deliver
 
Flash O'Groove said:
Isn't Kyrgios too tall to be a dominant player? He is 1m93 (according to wikipedia), while Coric is 1m85.

With height come power on the serve and the groundstroke, but moving quickly is harder, sustaining long matches is harder, and avoiding injuries is harder.

Very few top players have been more than 1m90 until now. Del Potro, Cilic, Krajicek, Ivanisevic...All of them were often dark horse in slams but at the end they won only one slam each.
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Murray is 1.90 and has no issues.

Average height of players is climbing as we speak.

Kygios already has the game to beat anybody on a given day. All he needs is discipline and mentality.

Coric is good. But he needs to attack better to get to the top.
 
If Coric sort out his FH a bit next year I'm going for him. Kyrgios already having injuries that is worrying. But goodness grace i would be over the moon if one of them will do much better than now.
 
Funny. Kyrgios has already peaked. Just wanted to collect a few good stories for his buddies down the pub. He has them now. Vale.
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