Carlos Alcaraz bests Hubert Hurkacz 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 in the semifinal in Rotterdam on Saturday. Alcaraz will have to play Alex De Minaur in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes.
Carlos added to his prize money € 112,865 after conquering this match. He has already won € 241,650 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Spaniard will add € 207,510 to his earnings to get in total € 449,160 in total.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Hubert Hurkacz ABN AMRO Open – Rotterdam
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:20
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 102 points vs. Hurkacz’s 93.
Alcaraz
Alcaraz served extremely well to win 80% of the points (47/59) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (20/37) on his second serve. Carlos won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Hurkacz
On the other side, the Pole was struggling when converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Alcaraz and Hurkacz is 4-0 for Carlos.
Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz vs. Alex De Minaur – stats
Alcaraz will square off with De Minaur in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Carlos Alcaraz and Alex De Minaur play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
Alcaraz was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Hubert Hurkacz in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, the Spaniard refused to bow to come back to break Hurkacz in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Hubert was dominated in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-4 to 6-4.
Alcaraz converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 7th (2-4 40-A), the 9th (4-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Pole converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (3-1 0-40), the 4th (3-1 30-40), the 6th (4-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They played 80 points. This set was so close that, The Spaniard won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Alcaraz conceded 13 points on serve (19-13). on the other side of the court, Hubert conceded 21 points on serve (27-21).
Hurkacz won the set after he broke Carlos .
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Also, on the other side, the Pole didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 73 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Pole won this set even if he scored less points 5 than Carlos (34-39). Hurkacz conceded 5 points on serve (20-5). on the other side of the court, Alcaraz conceded 14 points on serve (34-14).
Alcaraz had a great start in this set after breaking Hubert Hurkacz in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break turned to be decisive for Alcaraz to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
Alcaraz was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 0-40). On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 42 points. Alcaraz was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than the Pole (24-18). Alcaraz surrendered 6 points on serve (16-6). on the other side of the net, Hurkacz conceded 8 points on serve (12-8).
Tennis Scores in Rotterdam
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 6-75 6-3)
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-1 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (2-0) – H2H details and stats
