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Hurkacz, the clay court finally tamed?

By Guillaume Nonque

le 08/04/2024 à 12h01

Estoril Hurkacz Martinez Monte-Carlo

Hubert Hurkacz won his first ever ATP clay-court title in Estoril on Sunday. In the final, he perfectly neutralized an in-form Pedro Martinez. Winning in two sets (6-3, 6-4), the Pole had never made such a good start to the clay-court season.

And with good reason: Hurkacz had never before progressed beyond the quarter-finals on this surface, which is by far the one he has the most difficulty taming. But things seem to be changing this year. As well as winning the title, the world No. 8 displayed a mastery that was unprecedented.

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Whereas he used to allow himself to be drawn into lengthy duels as soon as he set foot on a clay court, he proved to be much more of a killer in the Portuguese city. He won 3 of his 4 matches in 2 sets, saving precious energy to go further in the tournament. A new aptitude which he will have the opportunity to confirm this week in Monte-Carlo.

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Congrats on the trophy, but we all know Hurkacz goes as his serve goes ... and the serve is less important on clay.

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I propose the following changes to the rules:

1...a walķover will not be a loss. We have no control of player's health. If he or she is entered in a contest we expect them to play.

2...an incomplete match is not a loss. If a player forfeits we pick another match if there are more to choose.

3...this also applies if TT cancels a match. TT will not take hours to decide an outcome.

How about leavin...

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It's a shame that so many matches are being canceled. TT ,you are destroying your game ,and thereby killing your app. I don't know how many matches others have had canceled , but I'm at 3 and it's only thursday.

As a long time player and lover of this game , I don't know how much of this I can tolerate. For example I waited hours last night for you to confirm my win and post my points. Every ot...

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This week I have used all my formulas and best guesses to try to achieve the high score jimandlori958 set in our last competition. I am two games short because of cancelations and I need all wins to get there.

why did tennis tonic void predictions on the match between Grenier and Hsu at the Kobe tournament? The match was played to completion and on time.

Grenier def Ysu 6-2 , 6-2 at Kobe today and the TT canceled the match.

2nd for me this week.

An impressive win.. Congrats to our winner this week, jimandlori958 and with a score that could not be caught or matched. I don't remember a 56 in a while with our group. Nice to see everyone using the 2 point predictions. Can't win without 'em.

Son of a gun, pow. You going for the 3peat? Do it, but I'm chasing and so is Jimandlori. lol

POWWOW , Congratulations you did it again and by slim percentage points. Keep it going....

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Can anybody tell why going on matches of WTA Final is not included within daily predictions

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