on the night from Wednesday to Thursday Polish time he wanted to repay Andrei Rublev for the defeat of three weeks ago in the semi-final of the tournament in Dubai, where the Russian turned out to be better, winning 3: 6, 7: 5, 7: 6. Moreover, the victory would open the way for the Pole even to the finals of the tournament in Indian Wells, because in the middle of the Pole’s bracket, apart from Rublev, there was no player with a higher ranking than him in the ATP ranking.
Hurkacz was eliminated from the tournament in Indian Wells. Rublev was better in the tips
This time, however, Hurkacz was not able to present his best tennis. He made a lot of mistakes, although there were also moments of a good game. When he was broken 2: 3 in the first set, he quickly repaid his opponent with a return break. Both tennis players later won their application in unison, although Hurkacz had to defend three break-points at 5: 5.
Eventually there was a tiebreak, which he started brilliantly with a 3-0 lead. Later, however, Hurkacz scored four more points and suddenly he was a bit closer to winning. The final part belonged to Rublev, who won 7: 5 and in the first set 7: 6.
The second game was marked by the good performance of both players in their own service games. Until Rublev took the lead 5: 4, there was not a single break-point in the second set. Then, however, when Hurkacz defended himself against defeat in the whole match at his own service, something that was hard to expect happened. The mistakes of the Pole and good returnees of Rublev meant that it was 0:40 in no time and the Russian had three match balls. He already used the first of them, sending a great return to Hurkacz’s feet, which he did not manage to deal with, and he could enjoy the promotion to the quarter-finals in Indian Wells.
Hubert Hurkacz lost to Andrei Rublev 6: 7, 4: 6 in the 1/8 finals of Indian Wells. Now the Polish tennis player goes to Florida, where the very prestigious and extremely important for Hurkacz ATP 1000 tournament in Miami begins on Monday. The Pole defends the title he won last year and as much as 1000 points in the ranking.
Source: Sport
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