Although Hurkacz has never been famous for playing well on clay, this surface has always caused him problems, this year has been a good one for the Pole so far in this respect. The Wroclaw native won the ATP 250 tournament in Estoril, Portugal, but when he did lose, it was only to the strongest players on this surface, such as Norwegian Casper Ruud (4:6, 2:6 in Monte Carlo).
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The Pole also looks really good in Rome. In the second round, he dismissed the greatest clay legend in the history of the discipline, Rafael Nadal (6:1, 6:3). And in the 1/16 finals, he confidently defeated Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry, who was very strong on clay (7:6(7), 6:2). In the 1/8 finals, he met another representative from the country, Leo Messi, seeded No. 17, Sebastian Baez. And what did our compatriot do in the first set!
The audience couldn’t believe it!
Hurkacz didn’t play well because he lost the first two games. But when he woke up and had fun at the beginning of the third game, his hands burst into applause and his eyes popped out of their sockets. The Pole and the Argentine played on the net, and when it seemed that Baez would win the exchange, the Wrocław player played between the legs, the so-called “tweener” and in such a way that he scored the point. Moreover, he was a tweener, standing facing the ball and not, as is usually the case, with his back to it. The audience roared with disbelief and then rewarded the Pole with a storm of applause. The opponent could only keep the ball away with his eyes.
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2024-05-14 15:35:00
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