Hurkacz beats Rublev to win Shanghai Masters

Winner Hubert Hurkacz. Pic/AFP

Big-serving Hubert Hurkacz survived a thrilling final-set tie break to fight off fifth seed Andrey Rublev 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (10/8) and win the Shanghai Masters on Sunday.

It was the 16th-seeded Pole's second Masters triumph, to go with the one he won in Miami in 2021, and a seventh ATP title in all. Both players squandered match points in a thrilling conclusion on a warm evening in front of the watching Roger Federer.

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