Now, however, he will face the representative of the Magyars under completely different circumstances. Then the rival played at home, the Pole away. Now they will both be in a strange hall. Back then it was wet ground, much less favorable to Hubert, now a sterile court with a hard surface. At that time, the opponent was classified in the third hundred and attacked by surprise, now he is in 88th place and made his way to the event through qualifying. He will be well acclimatized in Stadthalle. Hubert will surely be careful and will be mentally and in tennis much better prepared than then.
That failure was one of the most painful starts in the history of Hurkacz’s starts in the tour. Now our tennis player will definitely try to pay tribute to the 30-year-old competitor for that unsuccessful performance. If that happens, the road will open with huge stars in the background. From the second round it could look like this: Diego Schwartzman (ATP 9 – 2nd round), Novak Djoković (ATP 1 – quarter-final), Stefanos Tsitsipas (ATP 5 – semi-final), Dominic Thiem (ATP 3 – final). Of course, everything with the reservation that Hubert would win the next matches, which will be hellishly difficult for the opening of this series, and the second match would probably mean an absolute challenge.
– I have never seen such a strong tournament from the ATP 500 series – said Novak Djoković in the bracket in Vienna, who at the opening drew a much stronger opponent than Hurkacz. He has to fight with his good friend and longtime sparring partner Filip Krajinović. He knows that he is awaiting “torture.” Hurkacz will theoretically have a much easier competitor. The match will start a few moments after 2 pm Polsat Sport will show him.
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