Australian Alex de Minaur has made a robust begin at an ATP 500 match in Basel, beating Argentine Diego Schwartzman within the opening spherical.
Basel, Switzerland, 25 October 2023 | Rhys de Deugd
Basel, Switzerland
For the second consecutive week, Alex de Minaur has defeated Argentine Diego Schwartzman in straight units, this time in Basel, Switzerland.
After scoring a snug win in Tokyo final week, the Australian No.1 was pushed tougher by Schwartzman on this event. De Minaur wanted one hour and 45 minutes to beat the previous world No.8, earlier than prevailing 6-4 6-4 on the ATP 500 indoor occasion.
De Minaur broke in a 12-minute opening recreation, including a second break to be 4-1 up earlier than Schwartzman broke again as soon as.
Within the second set, De Minaur was pushed all through, however managed to interrupt within the ninth recreation and saved two break factors within the tenth recreation earlier than serving out the match.
That is the 24-year-olds’s thirty first win on onerous court docket this yr, which is the fourth most of any participant on the ATP Tour.
Within the second spherical, the Aussie will tackle the in-form Dutch world No.25 Tallon Griekspoor.
De Minaur is a former finalist in Basel, ending runner-up to Roger Federer in his 2019 debut.
Aussies in motion – Basel, Switzerland
RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
[5] Alex de Minaur (AUS) d Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 6-4 6-4
COMING UP
Males’s singles, first spherical
Max Purcell (AUS) v Taylor Fritz (USA)
Males’s doubles, first spherical
Alex de Minaur (AUS)/Max Purcell (AUS) v Lloyd Glasspool (GBR)/Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
Males’s singles, second spherical
[5] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Tallon Griekspoor (NED)
Vienna, Austria
Aleksandar Vukic suffered a defeat to Czech qualifier Tomas Machac on the Vienna Open, with fellow Australian Alexei Popyrin additionally departing the ATP 500 occasion on the first stage.
Machac, who might be lining up for the Czech staff towards Australia within the Davis Cup quarterfinals subsequent month, scored a 6-3 6-1 victory towards Vukic.
Popyrin put up a robust combat towards No.3 seed Andrey Rublev, however couldn’t cease the Russian from recording a 7-6(5) 6-4 win in a single hour and 36 minutes.
Aussies in motion – Vienna, Austria
RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
[3] Andrey Rublev d Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 7-6(5) 6-4
[Q] Tomas Machac (CZE) d Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) 6-3 6-1
COMING UP
Males’s doubles, first spherical
John Friends (AUS)/Nikola Mektic (CRO) v [3] Marcelo Arevalo (ESA)/Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)
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