Federer, 36, refuses to quit and rallies past Coric, 21
by Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times
Mar 18, 2018
3 minutes
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - It was over. Wasn't it? Borna Coric thought so.
The 21-year-old Croatian was playing superbly, pressuring Roger Federer's backhand and putting the world's No. 1 player down a set and a break in the second set of their semifinal Saturday morning at the BNP Paribas Open. No one else in this tournament had taken a set from Federer, but his usual finesse was absent. Supportive chants from the sellout crowd turned to cries of anxiety and desperation, willing him
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