Alex de Minaur defeats Denis Shapovalov to succeed in Madrid’s ultimate 16, recording his twenty fourth match win to tie Carlos Alcaraz for many ATP Tour wins this yr.
Madrid, Spain, 30 April 2025 | AAP / Tennis Australia
Alex de Minaur has charged into the fourth spherical of the Madrid Open with a convincing efficiency as electrical energy returned to Spain.
The Australian No.1 took lower than 90 minutes to defuse big-serving Canadian Denis Shapovalov with a 6-3 7-6(3) win on Courtroom Arantxa Sanchez Vicario.
Sixth-seed De Minaur and Shapovalov had been on account of play on Monday night time however have been one of many 22 matches postponed after the Iberian peninsula was hit by a blackout.
The pair returned to the identical enviornment to open Tuesday’s play and De Minaur was quickly accountable for the match. He broke within the fifth recreation of the primary set after Shapovalov double-faulted on break level, and once more within the ninth, closing out the set with a love recreation.
The second set went to a tiebreak, however De Minaur took that simply to attract stage with Carlos Alcaraz with a tour-leading twenty fourth win of the season.
“He’s bought large firepower from each a part of the courtroom, and I needed to do my finest to neutralise it, and never let him dictate as a lot as he might,” mentioned De Minaur, who has received all 5 ATP-level matches in opposition to Shapovalov.
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The 26-year-old relied on trademark pace and effectivity as he withstood 23 winners from the big-hitting Canadian, who recorded 37 unforced errors in opposition to 15 from De Minaur.
De Minaur is now into his fifth consecutive Masters 1000 last-16 and can subsequent face tenth seed Lorenzo Musetti, who defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-5 7-6(3).
It supplies an opportunity to atone for De Minaur’s loss to Musetti within the latest Monte Carlo semifinals, the place the Italian required three units to advance.
At the moment sitting one spot beneath his career-best rating at world No.7, De Minaur is constructing pleasing consistency at ATP Masters 1000 stage.
He has reached the fourth spherical or higher of his previous 5 tournaments at that stage and alongside Grigor Dimitrov, is considered one of solely two gamers attain the fourth spherical of each ATP Masters 1000 match this yr.
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