He beat the Spaniard 6-7 (6-8), 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) in the third round to reach the quarterfinals of the ATP Masters 1000 hard court tennis tournament in Montreal. He will play Australian Nick Kyrgios (27) in the semi-finals. This match will start at 18:00 Polish time as the first in the evening session. Broadcast in Polsat Sport.
The fatal beginning of Gurkach
The beginning of the match between Gurkach - seeded “eight” and 10th in the world ranking - with the 43rd opponent in this ranking belonged to the Spaniard. Wroclawiec had already lost the first game with his pass and had to chase the result all the time.
The Barcelona player served less spectacularly, but more accurately.
Slightly tired Polish victory
Gurkach recovered at the very last moment, when the Spaniard served for the set at a score of 5:4. Then dark clouds hung over the court, and it began to rain. The game was interrupted for an hour. After the game was restarted, a tie-break was quickly reached, in which Gurkacs initially had the initiative, but having lost two points with his own pass, he lost 6-8.
The second game without history - the Pole got the advantage, breaking up to 3:2, followed by a blow and quickly completed this part of the game (6:2). In the third set, they both had ups and downs, but in the end, Gurkach won in the tie-break.
This was the second match of these tennis players - in April, Gurkach won in two sets on a clay court in Monte Carlo.
He also reached the quarter-finals in doubles.
The Pole had previously defeated Emil Ruusuvuori 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-2 in Montreal, rematching the Finns for their defeat in Washington last week.
On Thursday evening, Gurkacz and Jan Zielinski (25) won the match to reach the quarterfinals with Rohan Bopanna (42) of India and Matwe Middelkop (38) of the Netherlands.
The meeting turned out to be dramatic and ended with a super break. Polish tennis players, who won 12-10, were better in it.
1/8 finals single:
Hubert Gurkacz (Poland, 8) - Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Spain) 6:7 (6-8), 6:2, 7:6 (7-3)
1/8 doubles final:
Gurkacz, Jan Zielinski (Poland) — Rohan Bopanna, Matwe Middelkop (India, Netherlands) 6:1, 6:7 (3-7), 12-10
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Source: FAKT
