Why Hurkacz's aces will mean more than ever the rest of 2024

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hubert-hurkacz/hb71/overview'Hubert Hurkacz/arsquo;s efforts on court will mean more than ever for the rest of the season./p

pThe No. 8 player in the PIF ATP Rankings is giving back to his home country, Poland, which has recently dealt with devastating flooding. /p

pldquo;Starting today and until the end of the season, I will be donating euro;100 for every ace I hit to support those affected by the devastating floods in Poland,rdquo; Hurkacz wrote on social media. ldquo;For me, sport is not just a competition, but also a platform to drive impact.rdquo;/p

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mdash; a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hubert-hurkacz/hb71/overview'Hubert Hurkacz/a (@HubertHurkacz) a href="https://twitter.com/HubertHurkacz/status/1838577278134931577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"September 24, 2024/a/blockquote

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pHurkacz enters the week leading the ATP Tour in aces with 702 in 55 matches according to Infosys ATP Stats. That is nearly 13 aces per match./p

pThe 27-year-old is the second seed at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/tokyo/329/overview'Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships/a in Tokyo. He will begin his run at the ATP 500 event on Wednesday against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marcos-giron/gc88/overview'Marcos Giron/a./p

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