WATCH! “Hats Off!” Aussie Tennis star wins a hilarious rally while ‘Holding His Cap’ at the ATP Cup


WATCH! “Hats Off!” Aussie Tennis star wins a hilarious rally while ‘Holding His Cap’ at the ATP Cup

James Duckworth

James Duckworth is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals singles ranking of World No. 47 achieved on 8 November 2021 and No. 185 in doubles achieved in 10 February 2020.

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Despite playing for many years, 2021 was arguably Duckworth’s breakthrough season, with the Aussie making his Olympics debut and reaching his first ATP final. This was also the first year when he broke into the top 50 in the world rankings.

Duckworth wins a stylish point

James Duckworth
James Duckworth

James Duckworth played against Roman Safiullin in an ATP Cup tie between Australia and Russia. Though Duckworth lost the match as Australia went on to lose the tie, he did win a lot of hearts.

During his match, Duckworth lost his hat in the middle of a rally and hilariously held onto it while continuing the rally and eventually won the point. Tennis TV recently posted a video on their social media documenting the hilarious event.

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Safiullin, who upset Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech on Sunday, defeated James Duckworth in just under two hours.

It was a great match for me and the match before as well. This one I would say started more or less the same, but then [I was able to] come back in the first set. At the end I could push James a bit more and managed to win.”– said Safiullin after the match. Despite the hard fight put up by the Aussie, the No. 49 in the ATP rankings was unable to triumph on his ATP Cup debut.

Fans react to Duckworth’s funny moment

James Duckworth

Fans took to social media to react to the light-hearted moment during the rally between James Duckworth and Roman Safiullin.

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