Alex de Minaur rebounded from a set right down to beat proficient Czech Jakub Mensik, organising a Vienna semifinal towards in-form Karen Khachanov.
Vienna, Austria, 26 October 2024 | Matt Trollope@alexdeminaur retains getting in Vienna, outlasting Mensik 6-7 6-3 6-4 to succeed in the semifinals!#ErsteBankOpen pic.twitter.com/MNiUptfw6t
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De Minaur served out the match within the last sport with out dropping a degree to set a conflict with Karen Khachanov, final week’s ATP Almaty champion who’s unbeaten in his previous seven matches.
The pair haven’t met in additional than two years, with the head-to-head locked at 1-1.
De Minaur is an ideal 3-0 in ATP semifinals this 12 months.
This week in Vienna represents encouraging progress for the 25-year-old Aussie, whose season has been blighted by damage since he sustained a hip cartilage tear throughout his fourth-round win at Wimbledon.
That is simply his third match since then; impressively, he has reached no less than the quarterfinal stage in any respect of them.
De Minaur closes to inside 165 factors of eighth-placed Andrey Rublev within the race to the ATP Finals. Rublev misplaced his quarterfinal match on the concurrent match in Basel, Switzerland, to Ben Shelton.
De Minaur has by no means earlier than certified on the prestigious season-ending eight-player occasion, nevertheless it stays a risk in what has been a career-best 12 months.
At the moment ranked ninth, De Minaur peaked at world No.6 in July after reaching the final eight at Wimbledon. He reached the second week in any respect 4 majors in 2024, together with consecutive quarterfinals at Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open.
He now stands simply two wins away from his third title of the season, after triumphs in Acapulco and ‘s-Hertogenbosch.
