ZADAR, Croatia, Sept. 16 -- Borna Coric, for the third time in his career, stepped up when his team was in need of a hero, beating American Frances Tiafoe 6-7 (0), 6-1, 6-7 (11), 6-1, 6-3 to send Croatia into the Davis Cup final here on Sunday.
"This is by far the most special moment of my life. This kind of matches are the ones I live for. Playing here, with this crowd... They were loud, they were into the match and they won it with me. I was playing, but without them, I would lose it in fourth, for sure," the 21-year-old Coric said about the match that ended with the last traces of sunlight.
Croatia ran onto the court to huddle with their hero who saved the day full of unexpected twists and turn-arounds that saw the USA team come just one set from the final, after they hadn't won a set during the first two singles matches on Friday.
But, as it often happens in tennis, especially in the Davis Cup ties, there are no guaranteed winners, no matter how easy it may look on the paper. Marin Cilic was 6-0 ahead in the matches against Sam Querrey. He had the home crowd behind him, he was up a set and 6-1 in the second set tie-break and he didn't get the win that would handed Croatia the place in the final.
"I was much more nervous than I was on Friday. I couldn't find my rhythm on the return and everything went downhill when I didn't serve as well as I didn't in the first set. Credit to Sam the way he fought back and deserved to win the match," Cilic said about the match that has some similarities to the one he lost against Juan Martin del Potro in the 2016 Davis Cup final in Zagreb when he came just one set away from lifting the trophy.
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