Croatian tennis fans have been waiting for 20 year-old Borna Ćorić to break through at a Grand Slam. And he finally did it Wednesday night in New York.
Ćorić came up against #4 seed Aleksander Zverev in the 2nd Round of the US Open and after dropping the first set 6-3, took the next three sets 7-5, 7-6, 7-6, showing fortitude in back to back tiebreaks. This is arguably Ćorić’s biggest win on tour and will set up a 3rd Round match with #28 South African Kevin Anderson. Ćorić is said to play like a baby Djoković. Powerful serve and dominating forehand. If his promise pays out, he will be a threat to win some grand slams int he future.
Ćorić in the dark shirt
Marin Čilić, ranked #5 at the US Open, made quick work of Florian Mayer, winning in straight sets. Čilić will now face #29 Argentine Diego Schwartzman in the 3rd Round. With Top 10 players Andy Murray, Novak Djoković, Stan Wawrinka, Milos Raonic and Kei Nishikori all failing to play in the tournament due to injury, and Ćorić helping his countryman by defeating #4 Alexander Zverev, Čilić’s only test to the final would be #10 John Isner. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will duel it out in the opposite half of the draw, meaning Čilić could only meet one of them in the final.
In other news around the US Open…
Ivo Karlović was defeated by wild card Bjorn Fratangelo in the 1st Round, going down in four sets. On the women’s side, unranked Donna Vekić defeated #22 Peng Shuai 6-0, 6-2 and will now face #16 Anastasija Sevastova in the 3rd Round. Mirjana Lučić-Baroni and Petra Martić lost in the 2nd Round, meaning only Vekic is left to represent Croatian women at the tournament.
Wtf neanderthol talk. Does that explain our abnormally big dongs?
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Clearly you must have a heavy dose of Neanderthal based on that response. Biological Anthropologist study the biological development of humans. An archeologist studies human history. Neanderthals do not grasp subtle differences like this well
how the fuck did the conversation end up like this… smh
Well apparently Neanderthals were the first to bury their dead and had better stone tools than homo sapiens. No one knows for sure who was “smarter”.
“they could not survive the ice age and modern day humans can”
Dude wut r u talking about. Neanderthals were more adapt to colder climates. The last glacial period occurred from 110000 to 11000 years ago. While Neanderthal extinction began around 40000 years ago only right after modern humans entered the continent. They were most likely physically outcompeted and outnumbered.
Woooooo! Did you misspell and mean archaeologist? Check the rivers drina and sava and you should find some interesting things doctor!
Actually neanderthals were much dumber than modern day humans, explaining why they could not survive the ice age and modern day humans can. Croats having the most Neanderthal dna supports the notion that they do ok in sports but are generally not bright by human standards and lack in the ability for cooperative and peaceful social interaction. This is displayed in Croatia terrible state as a country despite having a massive tourist appeal. It is also shown in Croatian people continually being conquered by one power and then the next ever really being able to unify to govern their own state
he didn’t play but good try I guess
Can’t bozo simunovic stop the killer cyprus attack?
#if-only-pivaric-had-bosnian-citizenship
FEDERER in a tight spot
Crazy game!
Saw that all 3 of Cyprus’ goals came in an 11 minute span so figured Bosnia just fell asleep for a little stretch there but they’re actually being out-shot nearly 2-1 and possession is nearly 50/50.
Speaking of Bosnia they were up 2-0…..now losing 3-2
Bosnian Croats don’t exist. No Croatian in hecergovina identifies as a Bosnian Croat. That is strictly foreign text book gibberish for hercegovac.
Bosnian Croats have as much as 90% haplogroup i2a in some places, but the average is about 72%. However, there is still some debate whether i2a is a slavic haplogroup or indigenous to dalmatia.
Btw Neanderthals were extremely intelligent with an avg. cranial capacity of 1450 while homo sapiens only have a cc of 1300.
Some argue Khazarian jews are closely related to Neanderthals after in breading in the caucasus mountains for centuries; big nose, short necks, sloping foreheads, brainy smart, not athletic, etc.. These are all Neanderthal attributes.
Dimitrov eliminated….man cilic and and coric really have a chance
That term is the most Americanized garbage wanna be POC garbage ever
“Bosnian Croat” no Croat in Bosnian calls them self that
I know a lot of Bosnian Croats and i can vouch for them being the closest things to Neanderthals out there
Hercegovci are either 2 meters tall or shorter bull dogs
True but Croats, especially from Bosnia have even higher percentages than other Europeans. In the ice age that eventually led to the decline of Neanderthals, there were three main refuges they were able to hide out in. One in Spain, one in Ukraine, and one is Bosnia. This lead to much higher inter species breeding in these areas than anywhere else and make Bosnian Croats perhaps the truest descendants of Neanderthals.
Looks like Jozo might get his big money move to the Prem
Truth lol, considering Europeans & Asians have largest % of neanderthal dna, & the most advanced societies, you would ve lucky to have some neanderthal dna. You know who.has very little neanderthal dna right?
Neanderthal Strinic to Sampdoria
Rebic back to Frankfurt
Congratulations Coric
Coric game for a Croatian is interesting as they are usually not smaller players who rely on agility, endurance, and bassline play.
Historically the good Croatian players have been tall guys with powerful serves. Ivanisevic, ljubicic, ancic, karlovic, cilic
It’s tough to dispute Croatians being some of the best servers the game as ever had. This could potentially be due to the higher percentages of. Neanderthal dna found in Croats than most other people and the neanderthals generally had more powerful shoulder joints
Yeah i’ve been wondering what’s up with Coric, he kinda disappeared for a couple of years there when there was a lot expected from him so hopefully he comes good on that promise – i know he’s only 20 still.
Anywho, lets hope this trend continues through the week for us in all sports we’re involved in..
Going good so far, Australia lost to Japan tonight too which is also a great result imo ! 😀
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