Alexei Popyrin (62nd in the ATP rankings) Survived Sunday’s Marathon In it Montreal Masters 1000The Australian achieved his goal. Double task for today, beating Hubert Hurkacz (6th) and then Sebastian Korda (18th), To qualify for the grand final of the tournament with a record of the century included. Details.
It’s been almost 5 hours! In court. The 24-year-old Oceanic player had a busy day on the Canadian concrete, first beating the Pole 3-6, 7-6(5), 7-5 after two hours and 47 minutes of play. He took to Rogers Court and then, as night fell, to Centre Court to eliminate the American 7-6(0), 6-3 in one hour and 32 minutes of competition.
This way he has two titles. Ended the winning streak He is carried on his shoulders by the son of the icon, Peter Korda, who recently became a hero in Washington, qualifying for its finals. First definition of Master 1000 And it becomes Lowest finish in the century to reach the final edition of the North American event.
The Sydney native arrived in Montreal with a 14-15 record in 2024, highlighting an ATP 250 semi-final in Doha, while In the prestigious 1000 class he has never reached the quarter-finals.recorded in Cincinnati last season when he fell exactly to Hurkacz on the doors of the penultimate round.
In the grand final of the competition, Popyrin will face Russian Andrey Rublev (eighth). Who has extensive experience in these cases inside the ring but Equivalence In it Face to face This opens the door for the Australian to dream of that precious trophy, which will mean the third in his career on the ATP Tour, after Singapore 2021 and Umag 2023.
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