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Hubert Hurkacz Beats Andrey Rublev To Win Shanghai Masters In Thriller | Tennis News
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Hubert Hurkacz Beats Andrey Rublev To Win Shanghai Masters In Thriller | Tennis News

[ad_1] Hubert Hurkacz saved a match point before defeating fifth seed Andrey Rublev 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (10/8) to win a thrilling Shanghai Masters final on Sunday. It was the big-serving Pole's second Masters triumph, to go with the one he won in Miami in 2021, and a seventh ATP title in all. "It was such a battle, especially emotionally," the 16th seed said after surviving a nail-biting third-set tie break in front of the watching Roger Federer."I had a match point and Andrey hit an amazing serve and then he had a match point and then I had some match points."It was back and forth and such a tricky match."Hurkacz had Rublev under pressure early and broke the Russian with a vicious whipped forehand that Rublev had no chance of returning to lead 4-2 in the first set.The 25-year-old Rublev let o...
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Carlos Alcaraz Battles Into Toronto Quarters, Andy Murray Out Injured | Tennis News
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Carlos Alcaraz Battles Into Toronto Quarters, Andy Murray Out Injured | Tennis News

[ad_1] Carlos Alcaraz passed a tiebreak test on Thursday as the top seed squeezed into the Toronto Masters quarter-finals with a 3-6, 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/3) victory over Hubert Hurkacz. World number one Alcaraz was only just able to extend his win streak to 14 matches as he fended off a third-set offensive from his 15th-seeded Polish opponent. Alcaraz needed five match points to advance over Hurkacz and flirted with disaster as he let a 5-2 lead in the final set slip into a second consecutive tiebreak."I was in trouble serving for the match - I don't know how I won," he said after winning his 19th Masters 1000 match from 21 played this season."I was fighting, there was a fire inside; this match was pretty tough."In the tough moments I told myself to keep fighting and go for it, play aggres...
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Miami Open: Hubert Hurkacz Beats Thanasi Kokkinakis In Eepic, Daniil Medvedev Cruises Through | Tennis News
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Miami Open: Hubert Hurkacz Beats Thanasi Kokkinakis In Eepic, Daniil Medvedev Cruises Through | Tennis News

[ad_1] Hubert Hurkacz saved five match points as he fought back to beat Thanasi Kokkinakis in a three and a half hour epic while fourth-seed Daniil Medvedev got his Miami Open bid under way with an easy win on Saturday. Hurkacz was pushed all the way by the Australian lucky loser Kokkinakis before emerging with a 6-7 (10/12), 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (8/6) victory.The Aussie had shown his mettle by saving six set points as he won the first-set tie-break and Hurkacz, the 2021 Miami champion, saved three match points in the second-set tie-break and another two in the final-set breaker."It's tough to explain for me. I was just trying to stay in there and compete, play some good shots," said Hurkacz, the eighth seed at Hard Rock Stadium. Kokkinakis was on serve at 6-4 up in the final set tie-break but...
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Sebastian Korda Upsets Hubert Hurkacz To Reach Maiden Grand Slam Quarter-Final | Tennis News
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Sebastian Korda Upsets Hubert Hurkacz To Reach Maiden Grand Slam Quarter-Final | Tennis News

[ad_1] Giantkiller Sebastian Korda clawed into a maiden Grand Slam quarter-final Sunday with a five set upset of 10th seed Hubert Hurkacz to keep his hopes alive of matching father Petr's Australian Open exploits. The American 29th seed came out on top of a rollercoaster 10-point deciding tiebreak to win 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (10/7) at Rod Laver Arena. He will play Russia's Karen Khachanov for a place in the semi-finals after the 18th seed crushed Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka 6-0, 6-0, 7-6 (7/4).Korda, whose father Petr won the title in 1998, had produced one of the performances of his career to upset two-time Australian Open finalist Daniil Medvedev in the third round.And he dug deep after a slow start to claim another big-name win."Awesome, I couldn't have done it without (the crowd), ...
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