Tallon Greekpoor was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the ATP tournament in Basel. The Dutchman was defeated by Polish Hubert Hurkacz in three sets: 7-6 (6), 4-6, 4-6.
Francespor reached the quarter-finals and moved one step closer to the top 20 in the world rankings. The 27-year-old Dutchman rose from 25th to 22nd.
The Greek athlete does not need to be ashamed of his defeat against world number 11 Hurkacz. Greek Spoor showed that he can keep up with the world’s best in a top-level match.
Greekpoor won the first set 4-5 in the tiebreak. In a thrilling tiebreak, Hurkacz took three more set points at 3:6 but Fransepoor cleared them all. In fact, the Dutchman took the first set by winning five points in a row.
Hurkacz is almost perfect
In the second set, Hurkacz was broken in the third game. Greekpoor then played a decent game but was unable to put any more pressure on the Polish player, who made only three errors on his serve in the entire second set.
Greekpoor had difficulty keeping the score in the third set. There were opportunities for more, such as two break chances when he had to make it 3-1, but he failed to capitalize on them. With the score at 3:3, Hurkacz had only one chance. The Polish player kept his cool when he served at 4:5.
Source: NOS
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