Hubert Hurkacz outlasts Ugo Humbert 6-4 3-6 7-6(5) in the semifinal in Basel on Saturday after winning a huge battle. Hurkacz will seek to keep on going in this event against Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 37 minutes.
Hubert added to his prize money € 113,255 after winning this match. He has already won € 242,480 after this win. If he wins the next match, Hubert will add € 208,170 to his earnings to get in total € 450,650 in total.
Highlights Hubert Hurkacz vs. Ugo Humbert Swiss Indoors Basel – Basel
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Pole scored 103 points vs. the French player’s 100.
Hurkacz
Hubert served extremely well to win 84% of the points (51/61) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 45% points (14/31) on his second serve. The Pole won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.
Humbert
On the other side, Humbert didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Hurkacz and Humbert is 2-0 for Hubert.
Draw and next match H2H: Hubert Hurkacz vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime – stats
Hurkacz will come up against Auger-Aliassime in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Hubert Hurkacz and Felix Auger-Aliassime square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Auger-Aliassime (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Pole conquered in the 5th game (3-2) before finally winning the set (6-4).
Hurkacz converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-2 40-A) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40). On the other side, Ugo was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 40-A and 40-A).
They played 74 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Hurkacz won just 2 more points than Humbert (38-36). The Pole lost 10 points on serve (25-10). on the other side of the net, the French player conceded 13 points on serve (26-13
).Similarly to the 1st set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that the French player clinched in the 4th game (3-1) prior to eventually winning the set (6-3).
Humbert was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 15-40). On the other side, the Pole was on the money in converting all his break points in the 5th
(1-3 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A).They played 59 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Ugo won barely 1 point more than the Pole (30-29). Ugo lost 11 points on serve (21-11). on the other side of the net, Hubert conceded 9 points on serve (18-9).
The Pole won the set after he broke the French player in the 8th (5-3) game. Ugo tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Notwithstanding, the Pole refused to give way to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 5.
The Pole failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 30.
Tiebreak
Hubert won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the French player won a minibreak in the 5th (2-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Hubert converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the French player was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (3-5 30-40).
They contested 72 points. This set was so close that, Hurkacz won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. The Pole dropped 9 points on serve (22-9). In addition, on the other side, Ugo conceded 14 points on serve (27-14).
Tennis Scores in Basel
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- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-4 3-6 7-65) – Stats and score progression
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