The race from Rotterdam was in full swing, and France's Embel, who had just won the Marseille race, chose to continue the race without stopping, but was eliminated in the first round. He has already set a new career high, and his pace of catching up with the top 10 is temporarily stalled.
However, last week's highlights made him the eighth man unbeaten in his first five ATP finals since 1990. Let's look at the situation of the remaining seven.
Gulbis, Krizan 6-0
Gulbis, who has just announced his retirement, has "only" won six championships in his career, and even this wave of six consecutive wins is enough to make this "rich second generation" player no longer regret. Along with him is Krizan, and the winning rate of the two can be described as quite high.
A - Medvedev, Enqvis, Scharken, Alcaraz, Hurkacz, Amber 5-0
Further down, the first to bear the brunt is naturally to win and lose at the French Open.
3. Former Ukrainian player Dmitry Medvedev, who achieved the final piece of the puzzle of Agassi's Grand Slam. He and Arca are the only two to win these five titles in just two seasons. Enqvist and Scharken are both well-known players.
Today's two top 10 names in the world, Alcaraz and Hurkacz, are naturally more familiar to us. Coincidentally, the first major trophy won by the two happened to be the Miami Masters.
Alcaraz won his first career title from Umag and went on to compete on clay and hard courts, beating Ruud, Schwarzerman, Zverev and Busta in the final. And the one who ended his final winning streak was Musetti, an Italian who was also a post-00 generation. It was the final of the race in Hamburg the year before, and the latter also won the first title of his career.
Although Hurkacz has never reached the top five in his career, his final win conversion rate is extremely high, and he currently has two Masters titles in Miami and Shanghai, which can be described as a lot of gold. Its five-game winning streak in the final is also a famous player.
As for Embel's five titles, although the 250 races are the majority, there are also 500 championships such as Halle, which are as follows:
2020 Auckland (beating compatriot Parre).
2020 Antwerp (beat De Minaur).
2021 Halle (defeated Rublev).
2023 Metz (defeated Shevchenko).
Marseille 2024 (defeated Dimitrov).
P.S. Players who have won at least their first five finals and time span:
5 crowns Hurkacz 2019-22
5 crowns Alcaraz 2021-22
6 crowns Krizan 2012-18
6 crowns Gulbis 2010-14
5 crowns Schalken 1995-2000
5 crowns Enqvist 1992-95
5 crowns Andrei Medvedev 1992-93
Embel, who has already become the first brother in France, is not too far from the top ten in the world. So do you think this player, also known as "Hugo", can become a "master" in tennis? (*Tennis Home Author: Luo Cheng Qiye).