First Masters 1,000 win for the Asturian tennis player, beating Hurkacz 3-6, 6-3 and 6-3
Pablo Carreño took a historic victory in Canada this Sunday. The Asturian tennis player achieved his first Masters 1,000 and did so with excellent tennis and a belief that he can fight with the best in the world. Carreño defeated Hurkacz 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 after an exhibition game.
The first quarter started with balanced forces. Both Carreño and Hurkacz maintained the service with solvency, with a high percentage of firsts. However, in the sixth game, the set was broken in favor of the Pole. The man from Gijón made two mistakes in a row, causing him to play hastily. Circumstance that his rival took advantage of to take the game in white and by extension the first set. Only with his powerful serve and several powerful rights was enough for a too stiff Carreño.
It may have been the nerves of playing his first Masters 1,000 final, but the Gijón man came out with doubts that dissipated as the games went by. The second set was a different story. Carreño played with more ease and his shots had the freshness of the previous days. The match that took him to the final left the Pole with little response. Hurkacz, a player who established himself in the ‘top ten’, has many virtues and suffers from sideways movements. Carreño started to move him and that increased his chances of winning.
His rival began to feel uneasy and even attempted a drop shot to break the pace of the Asturian, who devoured the matches with overwhelming tennis. Both from the bottom and the net, Carreño responded with equal parts fierceness and solvency. At the first opportunity and in white, he broke the serve of his opponent Carreño, who with skill and many ‘winners’ managed to gain his advantage against the ‘cannon shots’ of the rival, who survived with direct service. Carreño waved his racket and looked at his box. He regained his smile after the disappointment of the first part. His serve, far from his opponent’s speed, was voracious enough to get rid of Hurkacz, and could do no damage to the rest.
The third and final started with the planned script. The Pole responded with three aces. An announcement. Paul suffered with his. Without ‘firsts’, every point became a battle, with long exchanges. The Gijon man clenched his fist and breathed after grabbing himself on the track. The next game, Carreño took his chance. He knew how to be patient with the rest and caused the mistakes of a deranged Hurkacz, who ended up throwing the racket in equal parts deranged and frustrated. Only the serve ensured that the Pole could get his head against the man from Gijón, who could fight for every ball until the last meter. Second serves were key. Carreño made good use of his, while Hukacz suffered outside his home range. The rest completed a spectacular match, minimizing a whole ‘top ten’. Big Carreno.
Source: La Verdad
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