Hubert Hurkacz he lost in the second round US Open with Jordan Thompson 6:7 (2), 1:6, 5:7 and was eliminated from the competition. “The Pole started this match fantastically, but then unexpectedly dropped his game. Thus, he has never advanced to the third round in New York, and his Grand Slam statistics are still not convincing” – Dominik Senkowski from Sport.pl wrote after the match. Shortly after that, he unexpectedly decided to part ways with his current coach, Craig Boynton.
Hubert Hurkacz returns to the court. We know who his first rival will be
One of the candidates to replace the American is Juan Martin del Potro, who recently ended his career. The process of searching for a trainer has clearly influenced the plans of our team to compete. playerwho decided not to run in tournament ATP 250 in Chengdu. Finally, there is some good news. We know that Hurkacz will return to the court this week, when the ATP 500 tournament begins in Tokyo. We have just learned who he will face in the first round. It will be the American Marcos Giron. So far, the two players have played each other twice, and the Pole has won both times. The last time was on June 21, when he won in the quarterfinals of the tournament in Halle.
If Hurkacz manages to triumph once again, he may face Jack Draper in the second round. He is still waiting for his first opponent, who will be selected in the qualifications. Regardless of who it will be, the Briton should have no major problems. After all, he recently reached semi-final US Open, in which he lost only to the world ranking leader Jannik Sinner.
Our tennis player, or tournament “number two”, is one of the favorites to win the final, alongside Taylor Fritz, who is seeded “number one”. The competition in the capital of Japan will officially start on Wednesday, September 25 and will last a week. Right after it, the players will fly to China, where they will compete in the ATP 1000 in Beijing.