Canada’s Shapovalov Falls to Hurkacz in Chengdu Open Semifinal
Hurkacz saved all three break points and won 85% of his first-serve points to set up a final against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
- On Monday, Canada's Denis Shapovalov fell to Poland's Hubert Hurkacz in the Chengdu Open semifinals, ending his ATP 250 tournament run with a three-set loss, 6-7 , 6-3, 6-3.
- The 27-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont. faced the fifth-seeded Hurkacz, who dominated on serve with eight aces and saved all three break points during the two-hour, 27-minute match.
- Shapovalov recorded 14 aces and four double faults but could not overcome Hurkacz's 85 per cent first-serve efficiency; the winner improved his head-to-head record against Shapovalov to 6-1.
- Following the victory, Hurkacz advances to Tuesday's final where he will face Spain's second-seeded Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the ATP Tour championship match in China.
- Shapovalov sought his second ATP Tour final of the season after winning the Los Cabos Open in July, but his Chengdu run concludes without reaching another championship match.
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Pole Hubert Hurkacz erased a one-run deficit and overturned Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-7 (8), 6-3 and 6-3 in the semifinals of Chengdu Tennis Open on Monday.
In the previous rounds, fifth-seeded Hubert Hurkacz defeated Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko and American Michael Damm. The semifinal clash with Denis Shapovalov promised to be very close. The two players are practically neighbors in the ATP rankings – the Pole is ranked 46th, and his opponent today is in the sixth tenth. The statistics favored our representative. Monday's match was their seventh head-to-head meeting. Hurkacz only once left the cour…
Canadian Denis Shapovalov lost in three rounds to Pole Hubert Hurkacz in the semifinals in Chengdu, China.
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