Canadian Masters: Nick Kyrgios’ winning streak ended by Hubert Hurkacz, Casper Ruud enters semi-finals
Nick Kyrgios’ nine-match winning streak ended in the Canada Masters semi-finals on Friday when Pole Hubert Hurkacz, seeded eight, won 7-6 (4) 6-7 (5) 6-1.
In great form, the loss was Kyrgios’ first since falling to Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final.
Since then, the 27-year-old has been explosive, including a title at the Citi Open, before clashing with Hurkacz, who improved his record to 2-0 against the Australian after a three-fight win. set earlier this year in the Halle semi-finals. Final match.
“Nick has been playing really unbelievably over the last few months,” said Hurkacz. “Against him, it was very difficult, but it was also fun.
“He can take every shot. He doesn’t really have that many weaknesses, if at all. I’m just trying to be good service and stay aggressive. “
Kyrgios shrugged at the end of his winning streak, saying in his usual blunt manner that he couldn’t have been more concerned and more concerned about returning home from the US Open to see his mother and father, who were unwell.
“Honestly, I don’t care,” Kyrgios said, adding that he will go to Cincinnati as soon as possible, where he will continue to build the US Open. “I was far from home, away from my mother, away from my father.
Norway’s fourth seed Casper Ruud beat hometown team Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1, 6-2 on Friday in the quarter-finals of the National Bank Open.
“It was one of those days where everything went in one direction and luckily it worked in my favor,” Ruud said after reaching his third Masters 1000 semi-final of the season.
Ruud advances to semi-finals
Norway’s fourth seed Casper Ruud beat hometown team Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1, 6-2 in the quarterfinals.
“It was one of those days where everything went in one direction and luckily it worked in my favor,” Ruud said after reaching his third Masters 1000 semi-final of the season.
The sixth seed was Auger-Aliassime, which made 21 uncuttable errors, leaving only 8 for Ruud.
“My first two games were very good, some positive things,” Auger-Aliassime said. “I never thought it would end like this today.”
Ruud will face eighth seed Hubert Hurkacz of Poland, with a 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 6-1 win over Nick Kyrgios of Australia.
In the night session, Tommy Paul of America faced Daniel Evans of England and Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain faced Jack Draper in the British qualifier.
