Carlos Alcaraz hustles Hubert Hurkacz 7-6(5) 7-6(2) in the semifinal in Miami on Friday. Alcaraz will face Casper Ruud in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 2 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Spaniard added to his prize money $ 302,125 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 646,110 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Spaniard will add $ 585,135 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,231,245 in total.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Hubert Hurkacz Miami Open – Miami
Alcaraz’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alcaraz scored 88 points vs. the Pole’s 79.
Alcaraz
Carlos served extremely well to win 78% of the points (45/58) behind his first serve, and he won 70% points (16/23) on his second serve. The Spaniard wasn’t able to conquer any break point to win the match only at the breakers.
Hurkacz
On the other side, Hurkacz wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Alcaraz and Hurkacz is 1-0 for Carlos.
Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz vs. Casper Ruud – stats
Alcaraz will take on Ruud in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Alcaraz won the tiebreak at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Carlos won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 9th (4-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Pole won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1) and 6th (4-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Carlos was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A). Carlos saved 2 set points when he was 3-5 and 4-5 down. On the other side, Hurkacz wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th
game (4-3 30-40).They played 84 points. Carlos was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than the Pole (44-40). The Spaniard surrendered 9 points on serve (30-9). On the losing side, Hurkacz conceded 14 points on serve (31-14).
Likewise, throughout the set, both players on each side were too good on serve and the affair had to be decided only at the breaker. the Spaniard had no problems to conquer the tiebreak 7-2.
Tiebreak
Carlos won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 7th (5-2) and 9th (7-2) point.
Carlos won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
Alcaraz wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40). On the other side, Hubert was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 83 points. Carlos won 5 points more than Hurkacz (44-39). Alcaraz surrendered 11 points on serve (32-11). on the other side of the court, the Pole conceded 12 points on serve (28-12).
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Casper RuudRuud – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (7-65 7-62) – Stats and score progression
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