Vienna Open 2022: Hubert Hurkacz vs Borna Ćorić: Live Stream, Match Details, Preview and Prediction

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The Polish Hubert Hurkacz will play against the Croatian Borna Ćorić in the quarter-final round match of the Vienna Open 2022. Hurkacz is ranked world No.11 while Ćorić is ranked world No.27.

Hurkacz vs Ćorić : Match Details

Tournament: Vienna Open 2022
Match: Hubert Hurkacz vs Borna Ćorić
Round: Quarter-final
Date: 28th October 2022
Venue: Vienna, Austria
Surface: Hard Court
Prize Money: €2,349,180

Hurkacz vs Ćorić : Preview

Hubert Hurkacz has experienced a range of results thus far this season. He started his season by competing in the Australian Open, but Adrian Mannarino defeated him in the second round. He then competed in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships and looked good. In the tournament’s championship match, he lost to eventual winner Andrey Rublev.

The Polish sensation was defeated by Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinal round of the Indian Wells Open. Not only that, but he also shocked the world by upsetting US Open champion Daniil Medvedev in the Miami Open quarterfinal round before falling to Carlos Alcaraz in the championship match. However, he and American John Isner won the men’s doubles title at the same competition.

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The Monte-Carlo Masters was next played by the current No. 11 in the world. In the match that took place in the quarterfinals, he lost to Grigor Dimitrov. He had little success at the French Open, falling to eventual finalist Casper Ruud in the fourth round. He put out his greatest effort at the German Open, defeating Maxime Cressy, Ugo Humbert, Felix Auger-Aliassimme, Nick Kyrgios, and Daniil Medvedev to clinch the title.

After that, he lost in the first and second rounds of the Wimbledon and Washington Open competitions, respectively. In the Canada Open, he bounced back, even more, beating Casper Ruud and Nick Kyrgios before losing to Pablo Carreno Busta in the championship match. He was eliminated in the second round of the US Open. He advanced to the quarterfinals of the European Cup and Astana Open, but fell to Stefanos Tsitsipas and Dominic Thiem, respectively, on both occasions.

He won in three sets against the Finish Emil Ruusuvuori in the ongoing Vienna Open.

Borna Ćorić is one of the brightest young stars coming in from the Eastern European country of Croatia in recent times. He starts his season late because his shoulder could not recover well in time for the Australian Open.

The Davis Cup 2018 winner played at Indian Wells Open but crashed out of the tournament in the first round itself. He reached the second round of the Miami Open by defeating Fernando Verdasco but lost to Alexander Zverev. He had a disastrous season on clay as he was knocked out of Monte-Carlo Masters, Madrid Open, and Italian Open tournaments in the first round. He crashed out of the French Open by being defeated by Grigor Dimitrov.

He came back strongly to win the Cincinnati Masters where he defeated top seeds such as Lorenzo Musetti, Rafael Nadal, Roberto Bautista Agut, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Cameron Norrie, and Stefanos Tsitsipas to win the Cincinnati Masters title.The Croatian continued his run of shocking top seeds this season by defeating Thanasi Kokkinakis and Brandan Nakashima in the first two rounds of the Japan Open Tennis Championships. However, he was defeated by Denis Shapovalov in the quarter-finals.

In another statement, he defeated another top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the ongoing Vienna Open in three sets.

Hurkacz vs Ćorić : Prediction

Hubert Hurkacz is in red-hot form at the moment. He has prevailed over his opponents and defeated some top seeds in the last few tournaments. The world No.27 may be able to conjure up another upset. However, Borna Ćorić is in a rhythm of his own. It is going to be a close encounter.

Prediction: Hubert Hurkacz is going to win this match in the tie-breaker set.

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