Hurkacz Serves Past Korda, Seals Shanghai Final Spot

Can Hubert Hurkacz’s booming delivery help the Pole go all the way at the Rolex Shanghai Masters?

The 16th-seeded Pole produced a serving masterclass on Saturday to down Sebastian Korda 6-3, 6-4 and reach the championship match at the ATP Masters 1000 event. Hurkacz did not face a break point as he consistently found unreturnable deliveries to prevent Korda making any inroads on return, and he notched a break in each set to ease to a 77-minute victory.

With his triumph, Hurkacz advanced to a Masters 1000 final for the third consecutive season. The Pole lifted the trophy in Miami in 2021 and was a finalist in Montreal in 2022. He will take on fifth seed Andrey Rublev or 18th seed Grigor Dimitrov in Sunday’s championship match.

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