Hubert Hurkacz started the ATP 1000 in Rome from the 1/32 finals. At this stage of the tournament, the Polish representative faced a lower-ranked opponent JJ Wolf. The player from Wroclaw had a crisis on the court, which, unfortunately, he did not survive, and in the second round he had to say goodbye to the Italian games.
Hubert Gurkacz is fighting for a triumph in the ATP 1000 Rome, where he was seeded with “fourteen”. In the first round, a resident of Wroclaw received the so-called. free fate and began his fight from the 1/32 finals.
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The Pole’s first opponent is Geoffrey John Wolfe, ranked 54th in the ATP rankings. The American beat Hugo Grenier, who jumped in at the last minute to replace Quentin Galis, who withdrew from the tournament in Rome on the day of the match.
Such a sudden change did not prevent JJ Wolf from winning 2-0 and confidently advancing to the second round. The latest results of the American are not confusing. In Madrid, he was knocked out in the first round by Russian Alexander Shevchenko (93rd ATP), losing 4:6, 4:6. In Acapulco and Indian Wells, he was also eliminated in the early stages. In April, at a tournament in Houston, he reached the 3rd round, where he lost to the Dutchman Gijs Brauer.
ATP Rome: Hubert Gurkacz loses first set
The match between Hubert Hurkacz and JJ Wolf started with a significant delay due to rain in normally sunny Italy. Tennis players left the court around 10:00. 16:45 This match was very even from the very beginning, and both players tried to feel their game, not avoiding individual mistakes.
Tennis players walked towards each other until the score was 3:4. Then JJ Wolf took advantage of the first break point in this match and broke the Pole, who was leading in this game with a score of 40:15. The ninth game was decisive. It took the American two set points to close the game.
Hubert Gurkacz crisis in the second set
Hubert Gurkacz started the second set with a serve that he failed to defend. JJ Wolf took the lead at 15:30 in this game, and although the Hubies equalized, the first break point at 30:40 was used by the opposition. The American followed the blow and won the second set to zero.
The fifteenth racket of the world was in a clear crisis, which could only be broken by a reliably won pearl. And so it happened, although it did not start very positively, because Wolf scored a point. Despite everything, the Pole did not break down and won four “eyes” in a row and defended his serve.
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With the score 2:3 and Wolf’s serve, Hubert Gurkacz woke up and first made the opponent make a mistake, and then won a very important long exchange. This could have been a turning point in the match, but the American quickly equalized and eventually defended his serve.
Hubert Gurkacz had an almost flawless seventh game and scored the first two points after aces. Only when the score was 40:0 did the Wrocław player make a mistake and hit the net, but in the next action he left no chance for his opponent and confidently won the set in this game. Despite the best moment, the Pole could not turn the tide of this meeting and lost this set 4:6, and in the whole match 0:2.
Source: Wprost
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