Hubert Hurkacz27 years old and world No. 9, remains stable at Rome Masters 1,000 due to his successful debut against Rafael Nadal. This Tuesday, the Polish tennis player overcame the loss in the first set against the Argentine Sebastian Baez -5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-4 in 2h.39′- and continues to advance without complexes on the Italian clay.
Hurkacz is a terrible tennis player on hard courts, but he is better and better adapted to the strange types of clay to perform at a good level as well: he started the European tour by lifting the champion trophy at Estorilreached the second round in Monte Carlo and Madrid and now he took another step Romewhere the American was waiting for him Tommy Paul in the quarterfinals.
Hurkacz had to fight hard to beat Báez, another very difficult player to crack, especially on clay. The two tennis players played some extraordinary points, one of them already in the third game of a match that could be one of the best of the week.
With his victory over Baéz, Hurkacz became the 11th active tennis player to reach the quarterfinals in nine Masters 1,000 category tournaments. The Pole joins an elite group consisting of Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Gael Monfils, Marin Cilic, Dominic Thiem, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev, Grigor Dimitrov and Daniil Medvedev.
Hubert has eight ATP titles, the two most important in the Masters 1,000 category, in Miami (2021) and Shanghai (2023).
Source: La Verdad
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