Hubert Hurkacz outlasts Nick Kyrgios 4-6 7-6(2) 7-6(4) in the semifinal in Halle on Saturday after conquering a huge battle. Hurkacz will play against Daniil Medvedev in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 4 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2019 and 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Hubert added to his prize money € 100,310 after winning this match. He has won already € 214,775 after this win. If he wins the next match, Hurkacz will add € 184,395 to his earnings to get in total € 399,170 in total.
Highlights Hubert Hurkacz vs. Nick Kyrgios Noventi Open – Halle
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:04
At the end of the match, Hubert scored 105 points vs. the Australian’s 98.
Hurkacz
Hubert served pretty well to win 78% of the points (51/65) behind his first serve, and he won 79% points (26/33) on his second serve. Hurkacz blasted 27 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Hurkacz wasn’t able to conquer any break point to win the match only at the tiebreaks.
Kyrgios
On the other side, the Australian didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Hurkacz and Kyrgios is 1-0 for Hubert.
Draw and next match H2H: Hubert Hurkacz vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
Hurkacz will square off with Medvedev in the final.
This will be the 5th time that Hubert Hurkacz and Daniil Medvedev face off. The head to head is 2-2 for Hurkacz and Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they fought against each other, Hurkacz won 7-67 6-3 in the quarter in Miami back in March 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Australian conquered in the 9th game (5-4) before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
Kyrgios was flawless in converting all his break points in the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Nick didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 53 points. The Australian conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Hubert (29-24). The Australian surrendered 5 points on serve (20-5). on the other side of the court, the Pole conceded 9 points on serve (19-9).
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Hubert had no problems to conquer the tiebreak 7-2.
Tiebreak
The Pole won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (5-1) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Nick won a minibreak in the 1st (1-0) point.
Hubert won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 5-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
The Pole wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 30-40). On the other side, Hurkacz didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 75 points. Hurkacz was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than the Australian (40-35). Hurkacz dropped 8 points on serve (28-8). On the other side, the Australian conceded 12 points on serve (27-12).
Similarly, in the course of this set, both players were too good on serve and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, the Pole won the breaker at 7-4.
Tiebreak
The Pole won 2 minibreaks in the 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
They contested 75 points. The Pole conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Nick (42-33). The Pole was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (30-4). on the other side of the court, Kyrgios conceded 12 points on serve (29-12).
Tennis Scores in Halle
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Oscar OtteOtte (7-63 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (4-6 7-62 7-64) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (2-2) – H2H details and stats
