Hubert Hurkacz and Felix Auger-Aliassime played a classic match of two strong serves on grass at the 2022 Halle Open as they reached two tie-breaks.
In both tie-breaks, it was the Polish player who prevailed, but throughout the match, his opponent seemed to be unstoppable on serve. He hit 21 aces and won 41 out of 46 points after his first serve. After the match. Hubert Hurkacz admitted a very interesting tactics to guess his opponent's service.
"I mean, as you could probably see, I had absolutely no chance on the return. Actually, in the middle of the second set, I was guessing all the time wrong so I figured out another idea."
"I was looking at the shot clock and if the number was even, I was going left, if the number was odd, I was going right. So, that was my tactics for the return."
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