It was showtime on Friday during an entertaining match between Lorenzo Musetti and Hubert Hurkacz, won by the Pole 7-6(4) 6-4 6-4. During the match, Lorenzo Musetti won a point after executing a nice front tweener following the example of Hubert.
Here is the video.
Lorenzo Musetti in 2023
Ranked no.16, Lorenzo played his last match on the 7th of July when he surrendered to world no.18 Hubert Hurkacz 7-6(4) 6-4 6-4 in the 3rd round in Wimbledon (draw).
At present, during this year Musetti has managed to achieve an overall 22-16 win-loss record. Lorenzo Musetti’s best performance of the year was reaching the final in Australia.
Hurkacz in Wimbledon, ranking, and results in 2023
At the moment ranked no.18, Hubert has managed to achieve a compiled 25-14 win-loss record in 2023. The Pole is currently having a run in Wimbledon where he beat the world no.76 Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-1 6-4 6-4
, the world no.164 Jan Choinski 6-4 6-4 7-63 and the world no.16 Lorenzo Musetti 7-64 6-4 6-4.Hubert Hurkacz will face the world no.2 Novak Djokovic in the 4th round. Their actual head to head record is 5-0
for Djokovic.The Pole clinched 1 title in 2023 in Marseille.
Hubert won 6 titles in his career: 3 on hard courts, 2 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Lorenzo Musetti and Hubert Hurkacz fought against each other 4 times. Their actual record is 2-2. Previously, the last time they played, Hubert Hurkacz won 7-6(4) 6-4 6-4 in the 3rd round in London (Wimbledon) on the 7th of July 2023.