MARSEILLE RESULTS. Pospisil shocks Hurkacz in the 2nd round

OPEN 13 PROVENCE - MARSEILLE RESULTS. Pospisil upsets Hurkacz to come up against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarter

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Vasek Pospisil vs. Hubert Hurkacz

Vasek Pospisil shocks Hubert Hurkacz 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Marseille on Wednesday. Pospisil will play Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Canadian conquered in the 8th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).

2nd set.

Similarly to the 1st set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Vasek conquered in the 9th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Canadian scored 71 points vs. Hurkacz’s 56 points.

The Canadian served very well to win 80% of the points (33/41) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (12/21) on his second serve. Vasek won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points because he converted only 25% (2/8). On the other side, Hubert wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Pospisil and Hurkacz is 1-0 for Vasek.

Next Match H2H: Vasek Pospisil vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats

Pospisil will fight against Tsitsipas in the quarter.

This will be the 2nd time that Vasek Pospisil and Stefanos Tsitsipas square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Pospisil (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Pospisil won 6-1 7-67 in the qualifications in S Hertogenbosch back in 2017.

Tennis Scores in Marseille

Upcoming matches

  • Gilles SimonSimon – Aljaz BedeneBedene (0-3) – See H2H details
  • Marin CilicCilic – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (1-1) – See H2H details
  • Vasek PospisilPospisil – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-0) – See H2H details
  • David GoffinGoffin – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (0-0) – See H2H details
  • Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (1-0) – See H2H details
  • Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – See H2H details