Wimbledon 2022: Secret favorite Hubert Hurkacz fails in round one
Hubert Hurkacz , who came to Wimbledon as the winner of the ATP Tour 500 tournament in HalleWestfalen, was eliminated in round one by Alejandro Davidovich Fokina . After a big drama.
by Jens Huiber
last edit: Jun 27, 2022, 07:00 pm
A match that started just after 11 a.m. local time and ended six and a half hours later - everyone involved will remember that for a long time. But above all Hubert Hurkacz, who came to Wimbledon as one of the favorites after his success at the ATP Tour 500 event in Halle. In addition, the Pole was in the semi-finals here last year.
In 2022, however, Hurkacz's Wimbledon trip is already over after a 6: 7 (4), 4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2 and 6: 7 (8) against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. And it didn't have to take that long: Because the score was 5: 3 in the third set, the Spaniard had earned three match points on his own serve - and served the first from below. through the legs. That didn't sit well with Hurkacz, who managed the re-break. And after the second, this time longer, rain break, got the third round.
After equalizing the set, Hurkacz seemed to be finally on the road to victory, led twice with a break in the decisive fifth act, but could not serve out his turn. A match tiebreak had to serve. And there, too, Hubert Hurkacz was initially ahead, even with 7:4. But Davidovich Fokina, who already won against Novak Djokovic in Monte-Carlo this year, came back again. And finally used his fifth chance to win the match. With a banal, unspectacular backhand mistake by Hurkacz.
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