Against his friend Hurkacz of all people: Sinner was eliminated

Sinner (ATP 10), who is currently one place ahead of Hurkacz in the world rankings, lost relatively clearly 3:6 and 3:6 in Dubai on Thursday. This puts the Pole back in the lead in the head-to-head duel with Sinner. Hurkacz won the Miami final 7:6, 6:4 in April last year. The Sexten native took revenge in the group game at the ATP Finals in November in Turin with a 6:2, 6:2. From his point of view, 25-year-old Hurkacz now makes it 2:1.

In front of his manager Alex Vittur and his new coach Simone Vagnozzi, Sinner was unable to repeat his performance against Andy Murray. But Hurkacz, who is considered Sinner's best friend on the tour, is also a different house number. While Sinner mostly had big problems getting through his serve game, Hurkacz served excellently and didn't get a single break in the match.

Hubert Hurkacz showed his best tennis. © ANSA / ALI HAIDER

Sinner improved in the second round, played more aggressively and got the first serve into the field more often. But there was nothing to be gained against his doubles partner Hurkacz that evening on the Center Court in Dubai. So the Pole took the second serve from him. As a result, Hurkacz left no stone unturned and scored his third match point after 1:25 hours of play. It was his third break in the match. Sinner's second defeat of 2022 For Sinner, the defeat against Hurkacz was only the second in the new year. The 20-year-old South Tyrolean conceded the other in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open against Stefanos Tsitsipas - in a total of 11 games. However, Sinner's 10th win of the season does not come in Dubai.

In the semi-finals, Hurkacz will face Russian Andrey Rublev (ATP 7) on Friday. With the quarter-final win against Sinner, the Pole will overtake the Pusterer in the world rankings and thus return to the top ten.

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Against his friend Hurkacz of all people: Sinner was eliminated

Jannik Sinner failed at the Hubert Hurkacz hurdle at the ATP 500 tournament in Dubai. This means that the Sesto native is in the quarter-finals.

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