Hubert Hurkacz prevails over Casper Ruud 5-7 6-3 6-2 in the semifinal in Montreal on Saturday. Hurkacz will engage against Pablo Carreno-Busta 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 quarter in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Hubert added to his prize money $ 226,510 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 499,830 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Pole will add $ 415,465 to his earnings to get in total $ 915,295 in total.
Highlights Hubert Hurkacz vs. Casper Ruud National Bank Open – Montreal
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Hurkacz scored 90 points vs. Casper’s 85.
Hurkacz
Hurkacz served exceptionally well to win 81% of the points (42/52) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 43% points (20/47) on his second serve. Hurkacz struck 18 aces and he committed 1 double fault. The Pole was effective when converting 63% of the break points that he procured (5/8).
Ruud
On the other side, Ruud wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Hurkacz and Ruud is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Hubert Hurkacz vs. Pablo Carreno-Busta – stats
Hurkacz will square off with Carreno-Busta in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Hubert Hurkacz and Pablo Carreno-Busta play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Carreno-Busta (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Hurkacz conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Casper Ruud in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, the Norwegian refused to bow to come back to break Hurkacz in the 5th (2-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
They contested 70 points. The Norwegian was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Hubert (40-30). Casper lost 6 points on serve (21-6). On the other side, Hurkacz conceded 19 points on serve (24-19).
Hurkacz had a favorable start in this set after breaking Casper Ruud in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Hurkacz was not done to come back to break Ruud in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
The Pole converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Ruud converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 53 points. Hurkacz was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Ruud (29-24). The Pole conceded 13 points on serve (20-13). on the other side of the net, Ruud conceded 9 points on serve (11-9).
Hurkacz had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Casper Ruud in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Hubert reinforced his lead after breaking Ruud in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).
Ruud lost the 1st game (1-0) when he had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0. Certainly, a key moment was when Hurkacz won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to convert the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
Hubert converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 3rd game (2-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Ruud wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (1-4 30-40).
They played 52 points. Hubert won 8 points more than the Norwegian (30-22). Hubert surrendered 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the court, Ruud conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).
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