Hubert Hurkacz ended his barren run towards High 10 opponents in model Thursday on the Western & Southern Open, the place the Pole downed fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-4.
Hurkacz delivered a cultured all-around show to overwhelm Tsitsipas, along with his serve proving a devastating weapon on the Cincinnati centre court docket. The World No. 20 dropped simply 10 factors behind his supply throughout the 2 units, firing 11 aces as he snapped his six-match dropping streak towards High 10 opponents that had stretched again to Montreal in 2022.
“I’m actually happy with the best way I performed, with the best way I attempted to make use of the situations, as a result of it was actually tough,” mentioned Hurkacz. “It was tremendous windy, and the ball was positively shifting rather a lot. I’m actually happy with this victory as a result of it has been a very long time and not using a quarter-final in a Masters occasion. I’m pleased with the victory and pleased with the work with all my workforce.”
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Hurkacz survived a break level to carry within the opening recreation of the match after which instantly broke for 2-0 to take management early in his tenth Lexus ATP Head2Head assembly with Tsitsipas. The 26-year-old Hurkacz, who lifted a Masters 1000 title in Miami in 2021, fended off one other two break factors within the seventh recreation however was untroubled behind serve thereafter. He accomplished a 65-minute triumph, simply his third at Tour-level towards the Greek, to enhance to 30-17 for the season.
Hurkacz’s quarter-final opponent in Cincinnati shall be fortunate loser Alexei Popyrin. The Australian earlier defeated Emil Ruusuvuori 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 to achieve his maiden Masters 1000 quarter-final on his Cincinnati debut.
“Alex’s recreation is admittedly robust, manner greater than he’s within the rankings, as he’s displaying this week,” mentioned Hurkacz, who leads the World No. 58 Popyrin 2-0 within the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head sequence. “He’s taking part in some nice tennis, he’s an enormous server and an excellent competitor. Everybody desires to win a match so it’s going to be a battle and I’ll attempt my greatest.”
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