Tennis: Poland’s Hurkacz through to quarterfinals in Montreal

Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz has made it through to the quarterfinals of the men's singles at the Canadian Open tennis tournament in Montreal.

Hubert Hurkacz

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The 25-year-old Pole, ranked world No. 10 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), defeated Spaniard Albert Ramos-Viñolas, 6-7, 6-2, 7-6, in their third-round encounter on Thursday.

Rollin’ lucky 🎱 into the last eight @HubertHurkacz fends off match point to prevail past Ramos-Vinolas 7-6(3) at the tail end@OBNmontreal | #OBN22pic.twitter.com/argC0RE1SA

— ATP Tour (@atptour) August 11, 2022

The Polish player will now take on Australia's Nick Kyrgios for a place in the last four.

Hurkacz in June won his fifth ATP singles title by beating world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev in the final of the Halle Open grass-court tennis tournament in Germany.

The hard-court tournament in Montreal runs until Sunday.

(gs)

Source: PAP