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Hurkacz & Jabeur ring Nasdaq Closing Bell earlier than US Open Opening Bell

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August 22, 2024

In tennis, the closing bell is when the chair umpire calls, “Sport, set and match”. Hubert Hurkacz and Ons Jabeur participated in a special model of it Wednesday in Manhattan.

The ATP and WTA star visited the Nasdaq MarketSite in Occasions Sq. to ring the Closing Bell alongside USTA Chairman of the Board and President Dr. Brian Hainline and USTA CEO Lew Sherr.

“It was so cool. Did not know what to anticipate coming right here. That was simply a lot enjoyable,” Hurkacz informed ATPTour.com. “Clearly Nasdaq is so large. To participate in such an occasion that’s actually well-known across the world is particular. To see your face in Occasions Sq. is a bit bit surreal.”

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Hurkacz and Jabeur spoke to Nasdaq representatives, performed social media interviews and did a gown rehearsal for the Closing Bell earlier than the actual factor. As they carried out the duty at 4 p.m. native time, individuals from world wide watched on tv and streams.

“It was tremendous enjoyable being right here in the present day to ring the closing bell at Nasdaq,” Jabeur mentioned. “It was a enjoyable expertise, I might by no means executed that earlier than. There may be all the time enjoyable stuff to do [for] the primary time. It was very good to start out the week in New York right here.”

Hurkacz, the No. 7 participant within the PIF ATP Rankings, is happy for the season’s closing main. In a metropolis the place he first performed as a junior a decade in the past, the Pole continues to be seeing new issues like he did Wednesday. After ringing the Closing Bell, Hurkacz and Jabeur ventured out into Occasions Sq. to look at as their effort was displayed on a large billboard for everybody to see.

“Seeing Occasions Sq. for the primary time, it makes such an enormous impression,” Hurkacz mentioned. “It is tough to explain in phrases. Then seeing a bit little bit of your face out there’s actually cool.

“Simply the expertise proper there within the centre of Manhattan, closing the bell for the day is form of a surreal expertise. It is actually unimaginable as a tennis participant what issues you’ll be able to expertise that you simply by no means imagined earlier than in your life that you’d do.”

Hurkacz is usually eager about funding and a few of his shut pals who’ve expertise assist him with it. The Pole defined that it is very important take into consideration the long run, regardless that he’s totally centered on his skilled tennis profession.

“I hope I am taking part in for over 10 extra years. If I am wholesome, that is what I am doing. On the finish of the day, for a tennis participant, I believe it is tough if sooner or later you both resolve to finish your profession or are about to complete the profession, or perhaps the physique is not as match as earlier than and it is tough to finish,” Hurkacz mentioned. “To transition similar to that to a very totally different life, then it is tough.

“However in case you’re planning your future, you probably have set objectives, you probably have funding plans or perhaps you’ve some enterprise concepts, or you’ve pals that aid you out, then you’ll be able to navigate simpler your post-career and likewise get pleasure from a special facet of life. As a tennis participant, you’re actually 100 per cent dedicated to turning into a greater participant each single day.”

The eight-time ATP Tour titlist will hope for a deep run at Flushing Meadows after quarter-final appearances in Montreal and Cincinnati following surgical procedure for a torn meniscus he suffered at Wimbledon.

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