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Hurkacz, Fritz, Korda compelled to attend, Montreal Thursday night play cancelled

The fourth-seeded Pole shares umbrella with ballkid

August 09, 2024

Thursday night motion on the Omnium Banque Nationwide présenté par Rogers in Montreal has been cancelled because of rain.

A trio of second-round matches will probably be moved to Friday, together with fourth seed Hubert Hurkacz’s assembly with Thanasi Kokkinakis and the all-American conflict between Taylor Fritz and Sebastian Korda. Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech led Flavio Cobolli 3-0, 15/15 with the Italian serving when play was suspended.

Hurkacz and Kokkinakis warmed up for his or her fourth Lexus ATP Head2Head assembly, however rain fell simply as they have been about to start the match at 6 p.m. native time. Gamers briefly waited courtside earlier than heading to the locker room. Thursday’s night session was referred to as off simply after 10 p.m.

Hurkacz, who is about to compete for the primary time since knee surgical procedure post-Wimbledon, gave a ballkid an unforgettable reminiscence when he invited him to share an umbrella. The World No. 6 within the PIF ATP Rankings requested the ballkid questions resembling, ‘Do you play tennis? Do you play any tournaments?’

This yr’s event began sooner or later later than regular on Tuesday as a result of Olympics. The ultimate is scheduled for Monday.