Hubert Hurkacz stored his cool within the face of an early Fabian Marozsan onslaught to ebook a semi-final berth Thursday on the Rolex Shanghai Masters.
The Sixteenth-seeded Pole prevailed 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 to finish Marozsan’s dream run on the ATP Masters 1000 occasion. After twice dropping his serve within the opening set as his Hungarian opponent made inroads with clear baseline hitting off each wings, Hurkacz dialled in behind his supply and misplaced simply 9 factors on serve throughout the second and third units for a one-hour, 43-minute triumph.
“He got here with some actually nice photographs, and I simply wanted to remain optimistic and preserve committing to the gameplan,” mentioned Hurkacz after his win. “To be aggressive, as a result of if I dropped something quick he was simply benefiting from it and coming with some actually unimaginable photographs. I knew I needed to keep on level right now.”
“What did you need to do to show the match round?”
“Preserve coming into the sport plan, and be aggressive as a result of if I dropped something quick, he was benefiting from it…”@HubertHurkacz did precisely that‼️
A large #InAttack enhance in units 2 & 3 📈 @SH_RolexMasters pic.twitter.com/gZKkLWUUHU
— Tennis Insights (@tennis_insights) October 12, 2023
Hurkacz transformed 5 of 11 break factors he earned general in his maiden Lexus ATP Head2Head conflict with Hungary’s Marozsan, who had upset Alex de Minaur and Casper Ruud en path to his first Masters 1000 quarter-final. The six-time ATP Tour champion Hurkacz completed with 39 winners, together with 18 aces, to enhance to 6-5 in Masters 1000 quarter-finals.
It was a Tour-leading twenty first deciding-set victory of the 2023 season for Hurkacz, who’s 5 away from second-placed Francisco Cerundolo in that class. Now into the final 4 for the primary time in three Shanghai appearances, he’ll meet nineteenth seed Ben Shelton or twenty sixth seed Sebastian Korda subsequent as he chases his second Masters 1000 crown (after Miami 2021).
Thursday’s comeback win might additionally show essential in establishing the Pole for a late cost in direction of Nitto ATP Finals qualification. The 26-year-old Hurkacz, who made his solely look on the prestigious season finale in 2021, is presently fifteenth within the Pepperstone ATP Reside Race To Turin. He’s 975 factors behind eighth-placed Holger Rune however might shut that hole to 335 factors by lifting the trophy in Shanghai.
Regardless of defeat, Marozsan can look again on one other breakthrough run in Shanghai. The 24-year-old, who upset Carlos Alcaraz in Might en path to the fourth spherical as a qualifier in Rome, has risen 26 spots to No. 65 within the Pepperstone ATP Reside Rankings because of his exploits in China. The Hungarian will comfortably enhance on his earlier profession excessive of No. 82 in Monday’s replace of the Pepperstone ATP Rankings.
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