Alex de Minaur maintains his unbeaten profession file in opposition to three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray after a comeback win on the Paris Masters.
Paris, France, 31 October 2023 | Rhys de Deugd
Paris, France
Alex de Minaur has defeated former world No.1 Andy Murray for the sixth time in his profession and for the fourth time this season.
This effort sees 24-year-old develop into the primary participant to ever defeat Murray on clay, grass, out of doors hardcourt, and indoor hardcourt in a single season.
De Minaur additionally turns into the primary participant to defeat 36-year-old Murray in every of their first six conferences, reaching this feat with a hard-fought 7-6(5) 4-6 7-5 opening-round win on the Paris Masters.
World No.40 Murray appeared on the right track to finish that run after recovering from dropping the opening set tiebreak and racing to a 5-2 lead within the third set.
However No.13-seeded De Minaur fought again, saving a match level on Murray’s serve at 4-5 and profitable the ultimate 5 video games of the match.
It was De Minaur’s fourth win, from 5 matches, which have prolonged to a few hours this season.
Together with his forty third win of the 12 months, De Minaur retains his slim ATP Finals qualification probabilities alive. He’s at the moment 685 factors behind Holger Rune, who occupies the ultimate spot in eighth.
The Australian No.1 will subsequent face fortunate loser Dusan Lajovic or wildcard Benjamin Bonzi within the second spherical of the ATP Masters 1000 occasion.
Aussies Jordan Thompson, Alexei Popyrin and Max Purcell all misplaced their opening matches to higher-ranked opponents.
Aussies in motion – Paris Masters
RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
[13] Alex de Minaur (AUS) d Andy Murray (GBR) 7-6(5) 4-6 7-5
[16] Karen Khachanov d Max Purcell (AUS) 6-4 6-4
Nicolas Jarry (CHI) d Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 7-5 7-6(6)
[Q] Yoshihito Nishioka d [LL] Jordan Thompson (AUS) 7-6(5) 4-6 6-2
COMING UP
Males’s singles, second spherical
[13] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v TBC
Males’s doubles, second spherical
[3] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v TBC
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