"Matteo played an unbelievable match" - says Hurkacz after Wimbledon semifinal loss

Hurkacz did not play his best tennis in the semifinal against Berrettini but the Italian also played a great match with severely limited Hurkacz and his ability to do anything. The Polish player admitted as much saying:

“Matteo played [an] unbelievable match today. Huge congrats to him. Every single service game, he was serving bombs. I didn't have many chances, basically zero. Huge congrats for him that he kept such a high level throughout the whole four sets. He played really well.”

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Asked to elaborate in depth what went wrong for him Hurkacz said:

“He was putting a lot of pressure on me. My first serve really wasn't helping me, which usually [it] does and [it] gets me out of trouble. I was struggling with that. Plus he was putting a lot of pressure on me and he was playing really amazing without [making] any unforced errors. I wasn't playing great at that time, but he was putting a lot of pressure.”

Asked about the outcome of the final Hurkacz did not go into depth but he praised his opponent once more saying:

“If he continues to play like this, he has a really big chance in the final."