S. Baez - B. Coric

Winston - Salem ATP hard

1st tournament seed, but complete clay court specialist Baez faces a very tough opponent in Coric. The Croat is already playing his 5th clay court tournament after the grass season and despite some unusual losses, he looks quite solid. This is only Baez's 2nd tournament on hard court and in the first one he performed as usual, winning a difficult match against Giron in a third set tiebreak, but ultimately losing to a good hard court player even without much hope. Coric has proven multiple times that he can play very well and has won such tournaments, so I believe he should handle the clay court specialist successfully.

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