Dominant De Minaur powers into Monte Carlo semifinals | 11 April, 2025 | All Information | Information and Options | Information and Occasions

Ruthless Alex de Minaur has humbled Bulgarian star Grigor Dimitrov 6-0 6-0 to feast on the primary ‘double bagel’ of his skilled profession whereas powering into the Monte Carlo Masters semifinals.

The Australian was in cruel temper in opposition to the out-of-sorts veteran, taking solely 44 minutes at hand the world No.18 considered one of his most comprehensives defeats on the Monte Carlo Nation Membership’s fundamental enviornment, Court docket Rainier III, on Friday.

It was an announcement efficiency from 26-year-old De Minaur, as he reached the third clay-court semifinal of his profession and demonstrated that that is not a floor that befuddles him.

Requested if he realised he had achieved the primary whitewash win of his professional profession, De Minaur smiled: “I did know that – and I additionally know the one time I ever misplaced 6-0 6-0 myself was to Tommy Paul within the semifinals of the US Juniors. It’s fairly loopy.”

World No.10 De Minaur had anticipated a tricky duel in opposition to the evergreen Dimitrov however after dominating the early phases, appeared to empty all the assumption and confidence out of the 33-year-old.

The Australian by no means took his foot off the pedal because the Bulgarian coughed up 23 unforced errors.

After profitable the primary set 6-0 in simply 23 minutes – the primary time Dimitrov has didn’t win a recreation in any stanza for 9 years – De Minaur earned one other break firstly of the second with a stunning backhand lob that simply continued the strangulation.

Getting solely stronger and extra aggressive because the one-sided affair progressed, De Minaur dropped solely 15 out of the 63 factors performed to turn into the primary Australian since John Alexander in 1979 to make the semifinals of the long-standing event.

He turned the primary Australian since Lleyton Hewitt at Hamburg in 2007 to achieve a Masters 1000 claycourt semifinal as he chalked up a tour-leading twentieth win of the season.

De Minaur subsequent faces Lorenzo Musetti, an upset winner over Stefanos Tsitsipas, within the last-four.

Hopes of two Australians making the semis have been dashed when Alexei Popyrin’s finest event of the 12 months ended with a 6-3 6-2 loss to Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina within the earlier quarterfinal.