Match Report
De Minaur boosts Turin hopes with comeback Vienna win
Second seed to face Khachanov at ATP 500
October 25, 2024
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Alex de Minaur advances to the semi-finals on the Erste Financial institution Open 2024.
By ATP Workers
Alex de Minaur stored his hopes of qualifying for the Nitto ATP Finals alive by dispatching #NextGenATP star Jakub Mensik 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-4 on Friday, to achieve the semi-finals on the Erste Financial institution Open.
The 25-year-old, at present ninth within the PIF ATP Stay Race To Turin, dug deep and emerged victorious in two hours and 34 minutes.
“Now it’s crunch time. Each match counts. Each single level counts,” de Minaur mentioned.
“I’m gonna do my finest. I haven’t performed sufficient tennis this 12 months, I’ve been sidelined for some time. So, loads of power and loads of battle in me. So, I’m going to verify I give it my all each time I step out on court docket.”
Mensik was the primary to change gears because the opening set went right into a tie-break. He employed aggressive groundstrokes and compelled errors from the Australian to say the primary set 7-6(2). He fired 24 winners within the first set, together with 9 aces, in response to the Infosys ATP Stats.
De Minaur responded by incomes an important break within the sixth recreation of the second set and leveled the match by clinching the set 6-3. The Australian improved his serve and received 70 per cent (21/30) of factors behind his first supply. Going all in, the Australian broke Mensik once more within the fifth recreation of the third set and stayed in management for the remainder of the match.
Bidding to make his debut on the season-ending championships, de Minaur took a 1-0 lead within the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head sequence and reached his twenty fifth tour-level semi-final.
Regardless of the loss, Mensik stays on observe to qualify for the Subsequent Gen ATP Finals introduced by PIF in December. The 19-year-old is third within the PIF ATP Stay Race To Jeddah.
De Minaur will play Karen Khachanov for a spot within the ultimate.
Khachanov defeated Matteo Berrettini 6-1, 6-4, and prolonged his successful streak to seven matches.
The 28-year-old, who received the Almaty Open final week, dispatched the Italian in a single hour and 18 minutes to achieve his first semi-final on the ATP 500 match in Vienna.
Khachanov gained momentum early on together with his aggressive play. He broke Berrettini twice, fired 10 winners, and made two unforced errors within the first set. Berrettini stayed on par by holding serve within the second set, together with back-to-back love holds in his first two service video games. However the seven-time tour-level titlist proved too robust and wanted a single break level within the ninth recreation to emerge victorious. He was additionally profitable whereas charging ahead, claiming 100 per cent (7/7) of factors on the internet.
With the win, Khachanov registered his first victory within the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head Collection, which Berrettini leads 4-1.
