Tennis: Poland’s Hurkacz moves into Halle Open final

Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz has moved into the final of the Halle Open grass-court tennis tournament in Germany, with a straight-set win over home favourite Alexander Zverev.

Hubert Hurkacz

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The Polish world No. 9 saw off the 4th-ranked Russian-born German 7-6, 6-4 in the semifinals of the men's singles on Saturday.

Zverev odprawiony w dwóch setach ✅
Hurkacz zagra w finale 👏#TerraWortmannOpenhttps://t.co/aLPAZx3cYI

— SPORT | PolskieRadio24.pl (@sport_pr24pl) June 22, 2024

The fifth-seeded Pole will face the winner of the other semifinal between Italy's world No. 1 Jannik Sinner and China's Zhang Zhizhen in the championship match on Sunday.

🙌Halle high fives 🙌

Time for Zhang Zhizhen 🆚 @janniksin for a spot in the trophy showdown@ATPHalle | #TerraWortmannOpen pic.twitter.com/0UcjBc7bgK

— ATP Tour (@atptour) June 22, 2024

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

The 27-year-old Pole is set to climb to at least No. 7 in the world, a new career-high, when the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) updates its rankings 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

Last year, Hurkacz reached the second round of the Halle Open, where he lost to Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands 3-6, 6-1, 6-7.

Two years ago, the Polish player won the tournament in Halle.

2022 🏆
2024 ⁉️@HubertHurkacz with a stunning 7-6(2), 6-4 display to return to the final@ATPHalle | #TerraWortmannOpen pic.twitter.com/y62eWtWwyq

— ATP Tour (@atptour) June 22, 2024

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Source: IAR, PAP