FAA loses and is out of the running. Koepfer having a career week at the moment, beating FAA and Andy
So while it doesn't excuse all those missed MP opportunities he had, maybe that puts a slightly different spin on Andy's earlier loss ...that it wasn't quite horrific as it seemed. But still 7 missed MPs....
Welll, well. In Paris, Hurkacz appeared to have the dream draw to get deep and secure his finals place with a bunch of Lucky losers in his path. Well, one of those, Koepfer has won the first set against him.
Let's hope he maintains that and delivers the win as that would be massive for Cam and his chances!
Poland seems to have quite an affinity with the Paris Masters - Wojtiech Fibak won the singles in 1982, Jerzy Janowicz was a finalist in singles in 2012; in doubles, Fibak won the title in 1975, Lukasz Kubot in 2017 and Hurkacz took the title in 2020.
Quite a decent haul for a tennis nation that really hasnt got lots of highly ranked players outside of those listed above
Hurkacz got the win BTW - if cam loses he will be 180 points behind heading into Stockholm. One more win for Ruud and Hurkacz will knock Cam out of the Race. On the brink