MELBOURNE RESULTS. Hubert Hurkacz ousts Novak in the 1st round of the Australian Open

Hubert Hurkacz gets the better of Dennis Novak 6-7⁴ 1-6 6-2 6-3 6-4 in the 1^st round in Melbourne on Tuesday. Hurkacz is going to play against John Millman in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, the Austrian won the tiebreak at 4.

2^nd set.

Novak took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Hurkacz in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Novak improved his lead after breaking Hurkacz in the 6^th (5-1) game before managing to win the set (6-1).

3^rd set.

Hurkacz had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Novak in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Hubert managed to boost his lead after breaking Dennis in the 8^th (6-2) game before managing to win the set.

4^th set.

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Hubert conquered in the 4^th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).

5^th set.

Hurkacz won the set after he broke the Austrian in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 9^th (5-4) game. The Austrian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8^th (4-4) game. However, the Pole stayed solid before winning the set 6-4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Hurkacz scored 149 points vs. Novak’s 145 points.

Hurkacz served extremely well to win 76% of the points (77/101) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 39% points (21/54) on his second serve. Hurkacz fired 16 aces and he committed 9 double faults. The Pole was pretty focused in converting 71% of the break points that he procured (5/7). On the other side, Dennis was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

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

Highlights Hubert Hurkacz vs. Dennis Novak Australian Open – Melbourne

Next Match H2H: Hubert Hurkacz vs. John Millman – stats

Hurkacz will face Millman in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Hubert Hurkacz and John Millman since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

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