ATP tournament in Washington. Hubert Hurkacz was promoted to the second round

Hubert Hurkacz defeated Belarusian Ilia Iwaszka 6: 4, 6: 3 in the first round of the ATP tournament on the hard courts in Washington ($ 1.89 million in prizes). The 21-year-old Wroclaw tennis player has never won the match in the main scale of the event.

The Hurkacz and Iwaszka meeting consisted of two parts. At 1: 1 in the second part, it was interrupted for more than five hours because of the rain. After returning to the field, the fans only watched one breakthrough, recorded by the Pole in the sixth match. Sam actually watched his own application, which allowed him to win this set and the duel.

This was the third confrontation of the 120th place in the Hurkacz World Ranking and the sixth lowest in Belarus. The precedents took place among the challengers in China. Last year, Iwaszka was the mountain, including the Pole.

The Washington tournament is the first ATP tournament in which the Wrocław player participates without having to participate in qualifying. He went straight to the main part of the fight thanks to Kevin Anderson's withdrawal from South Africa.

On Monday, he also made his first victory in the main scale of the cycling event. Until now, he has been able to boast of a winning match in the main tournament of the French Open and two in the Davis Cup (the Grand Slam tournaments and games of the year). national team mentioned are organized under the authority of the International Tennis Federation).

For promotion to the 1/8 finals, Hurkacz will fight with Francisco Tiafoe with "13". He had never faced the US 41st World list.

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Hubert Hurkacz (Poland) – Ilia Iwaszka (Byelorussia) 6: 4, 6: 3