Stefanos Tsitsipas is about to face Hubert Hurkacz in the 2nd round in Rotterdam on Thursday. Stefanos is the favorite to win the match with a 5-1 H2H record, but last year he had a tough time against Hubert when he beat him 6-7(2) 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Hubert Hurkacz ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Rotterdam
Tsitsipas about playing Hurkacz
Talking about playing Hurkacz, Stefanos commented:
“We’ve played a lot in the past. He’s a great opponent, he’s been giving me a hard time. It’s a challenge going into that match. He can serve well, he has a great backhand that he can play both cross and down the line, so I think that’s one of his biggest weapons.
His forehand, I would say he doesn’t make a lot of mistakes from that side. But overall he’s a very solid, very consistent player.”
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Greek scored 98 points vs. Hubert’s 80.
Tsitsipas
Stefanos served exceptionally well to win 81% of the points (38/47) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (17/33) on his second serve. The Greek was well focused in converting 55% of the break points that he conquered (6/11).
Hurkacz
On the other side, the Pole was fantastic in converting all his break points (2/2). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Hurkacz is 5-1 for Stefanos.
Live score progression and stats
The Pole won the set after he broke Tsitsipas in the 3rd (2-1) game. Stefanos tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Nevertheless, the Pole didn’t blink to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 2.
Tiebreak
Hurkacz won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 8th (6-2) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, the Greek won a minibreak in the 6th (1-5) point.
Hurkacz won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 7-2
They played 80 points. The Pole conquered the set after winning 4 points more than the Greek (42-38). Hurkacz surrendered 13 points on serve (29-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Tsitsipas conceded 13 points on serve (25-13).
enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Tsitsipas in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, the Greek refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Hurkacz 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
A defining moment of this set was when Tsitsipas won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the score from 0-2 to 4-2.
Tsitsipas converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (0-2 15-40), the 4th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, Hurkacz was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40).
They contested 59 points. Tsitsipas was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than the Pole (34-25). The Greek lost 7 points on serve (14-7). In addition, on the other side, the Pole conceded 20 points on serve (18-20).
Tsitsipas had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Stefanos managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Hubert in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Stefanos won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
They played 39 points. Stefanos conquered the set after winning 17 points more than Hubert (28-11). Tsitsipas was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (17-4). On the other side, Hurkacz conceded 11 points on serve (7-11).
