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17-year-old Borna Coric reached his second ATP quarterfinal of 2014 with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Andrey Golubev on Thursday in Basel, setting up a quarterfinal clash with 14-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal.

See Coric's Hot Shot from Basel Here

“He's an unbelievable tennis player,” Coric said, according to the ATP. “It's a privilege to play against him. I hope I can play as best as I can and we'll see what happens.”

With his victory on Thursday, Coric becomes the first 17-year-old to reach multiple ATP quarterfinals in the same season since Rafael Nadal did so in 2003.

Full circle: Coric the youngest player to reach a pair of ATP quarterfinals in a season since.....Nadal in Bastad and Umag '03.
— Josh Meiseles (@jmeistennis) October 23, 2014

Coric will enter the ATP’s top 100 for the first time next week if he can somehow find a way to get by Nadal.

.@BornaCoric reaches 2nd @ATPWorldTour QF of yr (Umag), d Golubev 64 64 #SwissIndoors. If reaches SF, will break #ATP Top 100.
— Greg Sharko (@SharkoTennis) October 23, 2014

Want to get to know this up-and-comer? Check out the ATP’s most recent video on him above. Note who his third favorite player is. Do you think he was just being nice to his fellow Croatians and mentioning their names before Rafa?

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