Hubert Hurkacz beats Taylor Fritz 6-3 7-6(5) in the quarter in Geneva on Thursday. Hurkacz will play against Sebastian Ofner in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes.
The Pole added to his prize money € 13,075 after conquering this match. He has already won € 31,090 up to now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Hurkacz will add € 21,800 to his earnings to get in total € 52,890.
Highlights Hubert Hurkacz vs. Taylor Fritz Gonet Geneva Open – Geneva
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Hurkacz scored 73 points vs. Fritz’s 67
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Hurkacz served exceptionally well to win 87% of the points (39/45) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (13/26) on his second serve. Hubert won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points after he converted only 25% (1/4) of the procured opportunities.
Fritz
On the other side, Taylor wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Hurkacz and Fritz is 3-4 for Taylor.
Draw and next match H2H: Hubert Hurkacz vs. Sebastian Ofner – stats
Hurkacz will compete against Ofner in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Hubert Hurkacz and Sebastian Ofner clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hurkacz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Hubert grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
The Pole converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 40-A). On the other side, Taylor was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3rd game (1-1 30-40).
They contested 69 points. Hurkacz was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Fritz (37-32). Hubert dropped 9 points on serve (23-9). In addition, on the other side, Fritz conceded 14 points on serve (23-14).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Hubert won the tiebreak at 7-5.
Tiebreak
The Pole won 2 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the American won a minibreak in the 3rd (2-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1
, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Hubert saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. Moreover, on the other side, the Pole didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 71 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally the Pole won just 1 point more than Taylor (36-35). The Pole lost 10 points on serve (30-10). On the other side, the American conceded 6 points on serve (25-6).
Tennis Scores in Geneva
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 6-4)
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Taylor FritzFritz (6-3 7-65)
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-6 6-4 6-4)
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-66 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-4) – H2H details and stats