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Two experienced players will face each other in the second round of the ATP Marseille tournament.
Hubert Hurkacz Profile
Hubert Hurkacz won the ATP Marseille tournament last season, defeating Benjamin Bonzi in the finals.
This season, the Polish are 8-3 and are coming off a 6-2, 6-1 win over Sergey Fomin in the Davis Cup. He had a solid performance at the Australian Open, reaching the quarterfinals, where he fell to Daniil Medvedev in five sets.
Hurkacz is currently eighth in the ATP rankings, which is his career-high. He has won a total of 7 ATP titles, and the last one was in Shanghai last year.
Alexander Shevchenko Profile
Alexander Shevchenko is 56th in the ATP rankings, eight spots lower than his career-high. The 23-year-old is 5-4 for the season and 2-3 on hard surfaces. Shevchenko is coming off a 7-6, 6-4 win over Benjamin Bonzi in the first round of the tournament.
Last week, the Russians reached the quarterfinals in Montpellier, losing to Alexander Bublik. At the Australian Open, he lost in straight sets in the opening round against Jaume Munar. At the beginning of the year, Shevchenko reached the round of 16 in Brisbane and Adelaide.
He has never won an ATP title, but last season he won the Challengers in Madrid and Tenerife.
Head-to-Head – Hurkacz leads 1-0
- Hurkacz vs Shevchenko 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2023 ATP Dubai, first round)
Prediction and Conclusion
Hubert Hurkacz has become a regular in the top 10 of the rankings and is the main favorite to win his second consecutive title in Marseille. He has an excellent serve which will be very difficult to break on that surface. Shevchenko is one of the players on the rise, and even though he was very close to beating Hurkacz in their first match, the Russian will stand no chance in this one. Hurkacz will bring in his top game and will advance by winning 2-0.
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