Tennis: Poland’s Hurkacz through to semifinals in Halle

Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz has moved into the semifinals of the Halle Open grass-court tennis tournament in Germany, with a win over Marcos Giron of the United States.

Polish tennis player Hubert Hurkacz.

Photo: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

The Polish world No. 9 saw off the 53rd-ranked American 7-6, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the men's singles on Friday.

Former Champ into the SF 🤺@HubertHurkacz takes down Giron 7-6(5) 6-4 to book his place in the semi-finals in Halle @ATPHalle | #TerraWortmannOpen| 📸Mathias Schulz pic.twitter.com/YcNTZ2NLlh

— ATP Tour (@atptour) June 21, 2024

Brawo, Hubert Hurkacz! Polak awansował do półfinału turnieju w Halle i może już czuć się pewnym awansu na siódme miejsce w rankingu ATP. Tak wysoko jeszcze nie był #ATPHalle https://t.co/sDLbhLfU37

— SPORT | PolskieRadio24.pl (@sport_pr24pl) June 21, 2024

The fifth-seeded Pole will now play Germany's Alexander Zverev, the second seed, for a place in the championship match.

Hubert Hurkacz poznał rywala. To jeden z faworytów turnieju w Halle #ATPhttps://t.co/ek6Sp9uSVa

— SPORT | PolskieRadio24.pl (@sport_pr24pl) June 21, 2024

All-star cast 🎬🇩🇪

Who will make the final in Halle?@ATPHalle | #TerraWortmannOpen pic.twitter.com/6zHtJib93q

— ATP Tour (@atptour) June 21, 2024

The Pole is now guaranteed to climb to at least No. 7 in the world—a new career-high for the 27-year-old—when the rankings are updated on Monday, according to reports.

Hurkacz on reaching new career high ranking of world #7 after beating Giron in Halle

“You’re the world #7 on Monday. New career high. How important is that?”

Hubi; “That’s good. I didn’t know that it’s official. Obviously 6 more spots to go for #1 where Jannik is sitting right… pic.twitter.com/bWKAh9hP54

— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) June 21, 2024

Hurkacz defeated Italian Flavio Cobolli, 7-5, 7-6, and Australian qualifier James Duckworth, 7-6 , 6-4, earlier in the tournament.

Two years ago, Hurkacz won the tournament in Halle.

The 2024 Halle Open runs until Sunday.

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Source: IAR, PAP, tennismajors.com