TENNIS SCORES. Fantastic Hurkacz conquers the Winston to win his maiden title

Hubert Hurkacz bests Benoit Paire 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the final in Salem Open on Saturday.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Hurkacz had a racing start in this set after breaking Paire in the 2^nd game (2-0). Anyhow, there was more work to do for Hubert to win the set as the French Player managed to break back in the 3^rd (1-2) game. Hurkacz kept his cool to break the French Player in the 4^th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).

2^nd set.

The French Player clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3^rd (1-2) game, Benoit broke back in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 8^th (5-3) game before winning the set 6-3.

3^rd set.

Paire had a great start in this set after breaking Hurkacz in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, Hurkacz refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Paire in the 2^nd (1-1) and in the 6^th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Pole scored 95 points vs. Paire’s 84 points.

Hubert won this match even if he was struggling in converting his break points as he converted only 45% (5/11). On the other side, Benoit was pretty good in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (4/8). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this contest, the head to head between Hurkacz and Paire is 1-0 for Hubert.

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Tennis Scores in Salem Open

• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Benoit PairePaire (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression