Last night (October 15), the two-week 2023 Shanghai Rolex Masters came to a successful conclusion at the Minhang Qizhong Tennis Center. No. 5 seed Andrei Rublev and No. 16 seed Herbert Hurkacz met in the final, and after three sets, Hurkacz defeated their opponents 6-3/3-6/7-6, giving birth to a new champion at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. The combination of Granoles and Zebaros won the men's doubles trophy.
In last night's most intense final, No. 5 seed Andrei Rublev and No. 16 seed Herbert Hurkacz lived up to expectations and dragged their matches into the decider after winning a set 6-3 each. And in the key tiebreaker, the two fought all the way to a 6-6 draw, the ultimate tie-breaker, Rublev achieved a mini break as soon as he came up, but Hurkacz clenched the score, all the way to a small score of 8-8 draw, and then Rublev made consecutive return errors, Hurkacz scored 2 consecutive points, and finally won the third set 10-8, 2-1 on aggregate, wonderful match, let the fans and spectators excited.
"Wonderful! Actually, I still like the two players, and today the last one played very well, and you can obviously see that Hurkacz's serve is still very good, but this year's Masters Hurkacz he played so many games, Zhang Zhizhen he won the hardest. "It's worth it, the process is a little more bumpy and tortuous, the atmosphere of the competition is very good, and the quality of Shanghai citizens is very good." The fan audience said.
At the ceremony, Hurkacz lifted his second Masters title. It is also the sixth title of the Shanghai Masters since it was upgraded to the ATP1000 Masters in 2009, after Federer, Djokovic, Murray, Davidenko and Medvedev. During the speech session, the ST champion expressed his gratitude to the fans: "I will not forget the support of all the fans and your fans, because with your enthusiasm, we can achieve the final victory." "The 2023 Shanghai Rolex Masters has come to a successful conclusion.
It is understood that this year's event has been fully upgraded, with a men's singles 96-signed all-star team and a two-week schedule covering Golden Week, attracting more than 190,000 spectators to watch the tournament, the highest in history. The Minhang District Service Guarantee ATP1000 Masters Organizing Committee organized 25 functional departments such as security, transportation, meteorology, medical treatment, and food safety, with an average of about 1,400 people per day to provide professional on-site services and high-quality viewing experience for spectators, and successfully completed the service guarantee of the event.
Shanghai is building a world-famous sports city, with nearly 20 events gathering in Minhang in the second half of this year, followed by the 2023 Maqiao Open Tennis Championship at Qizhong Tennis Center, continuing the warmth of the Masters. In the future, the Shanghai Rolex Masters will continue to upgrade its quality and strive to build Shanghai into a world-class racing capital, and let us all look forward to the wonderful continuation next year.
Reporters: Dai Lihua, Wu Jiawei, Xu Peng
Editor: Tang Jingxian
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