Hubert Hurkachi (37th place, Poland) climbed to the top of the singles at the Men’s Professional Tennis (ATP) Tour Miami Open (total prize pool of $3343,785).
Hurkachi defeated Janique Sinner (31st place, Italy) 2-0 (7-6) in the singles final on the last day of the tournament held in Miami, Florida, USA on the 5th (Korean time).<7-4> 6-4).
Born in 1997, Hurkachi first won the Masters 1000 Series, a ranking just below the four major competitions.
The Miami Open was held this year as the first Masters 1000 Series competition, and the singles winning prize was $300,000,110 (about 330 million won).
Hurkachi won the ATP Tour Delray Beach Open in Florida, USA in January, and twice this year in Florida alone.
In my personal career, it is my third singles win in the tour competition.
He is expected to rise to 16th in the world rankings announced on the 5th.
Founded in 1985, this tournament was followed by Andre Agassi (retired, USA) in 1990, Rafael Nadal (3rd place, Spain) in 2005, Novak Djokovic (1st place, Serbia) in 2007, and won the men’s singles final before turning 20 Sinner, who became the fourth player to advance, was disappointed that the first set game score was 6-5 and his previous sub-game was stolen.
Sinner, who missed the chance to win the first set, struggled with a game score of 0-4 in the second set.
He is ranked 21st in the world rankings as of the 5th.
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