Grand Prix Hassan II, Marrakech, Morocco, ATP 250

[britbox]

Delbonis takes Montanes 6-4 6-3. Pretty comfortable.

 

[britbox]

Coric breaks early. 2-0 up.

 

[britbox]

Coric takes the first set 7-6... Veseley was probably the better player in the first set and will be pissed at losing it... choked at 5-5 and double faulted. Tight match. Both players seem to have supporters from a school trip as their are a ton of screaming banshees in the crowd, with high pitched yelling after each point.

 

[britbox]

Coric takes a tight match 7/6 7/6 to advance to the final.

 

[Moxie]

So Bert and I get our match-up to mud wrestle over that $5 in the final. Delbonis v. Coric. Go Borna! ::sw1::

 

[Bert]

So Bert and I get our match-up to mud wrestle over that $5 in the final. Delbonis v. Coric. Go Borna! ::sw1::

All is going according to the plan

 

[britbox]

Marrakech Final

v

Borna Coric v Frederico Delbonis

H2H: First Match
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Final Preview: http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/coric-meets-delbonis-in-marrakech-2016-final

 

[Billie]

Ha...it is more interesting to follow the tournament with some betting, even if it is not official, I think. Delbonis is up 4:1 in the first set.

 

[britbox]

Delbonis might be a bit too savvy for Borna here. No bets for me on finals day - didn't like any of them.

 

[britbox]

The other thing was I thought Vaseley (another leftie) caused Borna a ton of problems... the better player lost on the day (although I was impressed by Borna in the clutch, less so Jiri)... Delbonis is another leftie and a tougher out than Jiri. It's a long road back if Borna is able to pull this off.

 

[Billie]

Delbo can play well when he is in the mood. He won set #1 6:2, I don't know how Borna can win this one.

 

[britbox]

Borna is a pretty tough cookie mentally... but he lacks some game when pitted against some of these seasoned veterans. Rarely changes things up and struggles to adapt when his opponents do.

 

[britbox]

... and as aforementioned... lefties cause him problems.

 

[Billie]

Yeah, that is it, BB. The veteran has a really good game when he is on. We'll see they are on serve in set #2.

 

[britbox]

I like Coric though, he's a scrapper... reminds me of Lleyton Hewitt in some ways.

 

[britbox]

Delbonis takes it. Congratulations to all the Delbonis fans on here

Where the heck did they pull that music from at the end?

Is that the Moroccan national anthem?

 

[Billie]

Congratulations to Delbonis.

 

[britbox]

The trophy ceremony is a bit painful to watch... seems like everyone in the crowd is getting some award or another.

 

[britbox]

 

[Moxie]

OK, Bert, I owe you $5. I'm thinking you could come to the next USO here in NY and I'll buy you a third of a cocktail.