Rusuvuori was able to beat the Pole, known for his hard passes, in Washington.
Finland Emil Ruusuvuori continued his excellent performances in his opening tournament of the North American tour. Rusuvuori beat Washington in the ATP500 tournament on Wednesday night By Hubert Hurkaczwho was ranked second in the tournament.
The final scores on the hard court were recorded for Ruusuvuori 6–4, 7–6 (7–3). In the first set, Ruusuvuori broke Hurkacz’s pass to score 3–2. In the second set, we went to the tie-break without a pass break, where Ruusuvuori was able to win two of the Pole’s passes.
Ruusuvuori is ranked 46th in the world list, while Hurkacz’s ranking is 11th. The hard-serving Pole advanced to the semifinals at Wimbledon in the summer of 2021. Tennis Association in the bulletin (you will switch to another service) the win is described as one of the biggest in Ruusuvuuori’s career.
Now the passes were recorded for Hurkacz 10–3, but for example Hurkacz made 26 easy mistakes, while Ruusuvuori survived with 17.
– I was able to hang in at the beginning, and I gave myself a break, where I succeeded. In the second set, there were no opportunities until the tie-break, where I had a couple of good returns, Ruusuvuori said, according to STT, in the field interview after the match.
Yesterday, Ruusuvuori beat the United States in the opening round Mackenzie McDonald. In that match, the Finn lost the opening set 1–6, but won the next two 6–4 and 6–4. McDonald led the final set with 3–0 games, after which Ruusuvuori went away.
Ruusuvuori has now advanced to the top 16 in the tournament and will face Sweden in the next round Mikael Ymerin (ATP-115).
Rusuvuori continues his work tonight when he faces the Australian Luke Saville with the fourth-placed pair in the first round of the doubles, the Croatian Ivan Dodigin and American Austin Krajic too.