Despite being one of the nicest and calmest players on the circuitthe Polish tennis player Hubert Hurkacz (8th) starred in a unrecognizable request this Sunday, in the tight 7-6 (5), 6-4 and 7-6 (3) defeat against the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (10°) in round of 16 of Roland Garros.
After requesting a few minutes before by the supervisorconsidering that the umpire missed a step in the French brick dust, the Wroclaw-born, 27 years old and 196 centimeters tall, headed visibly upset towards your bank in the closing of the third setthe moment in which he began to gesture, prior to communicating directly with his experienced rival: “Do you want to make a change? Do you want to continue with the girl here or are you okay? You decide if we continue with the chair umpire“.
“It’s honestly up to you.”responded incredulously the former world number 3, 33 and owner of 9 titles, who would later approach the recent champion in Estoril, where he premiered his record on clay, trying to calm the waters in the flirtatious Suzanne Lenglen to close the disputed matches in practically three hours of rallying.
In this way, the master of a privileged one-handed backhand got into first time among the eight best in the grand slam Gallicin which he recorded 13 appearances, totaling 17 wins and 13 losses, being in the round of 16, in 2020 and 2023, his best performance: “I always wanted to access until the second week here, but Roland Garros It was the only Grand Slam that I believed would not be possible. Today, 15 years later, I achieved it.”
