De Minaur Reaches Milan SFs With Record-Breaking Win

Top seed Alex de Minaur produced his best performance of the week on Thursday at the Next Gen ATP Finals, firing 23 winners to reach the semi-finals with a 4-1, 4-0, 4-2 win over Norwegian Casper Ruud in just 61 minutes.

De Minaur clinched his spot in the last four after winning the opening set against Ruud. The Aussie finished 3-0 in Group A, marking the second straight year he’s gone undefeated in round-robin play at this event. His victory marked a record-breaking seventh win in Milan, breaking a tie with Andrey Rublev. Ruud has been eliminated after dropping to 1-2.

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The second match of the day between Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic and Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina will determine the other semi-finalist from Group A. Davidovich Fokina must defeat Kecmanovic in three or four sets or else Kecmanovic will advance out of round-robin action.

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