the aussie Alex de Minaurtwenty seconds in the ATP rankings, from less to more to win this Saturday of 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in american tommy paul and win the Mexican Open tennis title in acapulco.
Paul needed just 38 minutes to come out on top, winning the first set 6-3, after a break in the fourth game, where De Minaur found himself out of range, firing two balls wide in a deuce.
Although they have even numbers, Paul six winners and nine unforced errors, De Minaur 5-8, the American is sharper in the decisive moments. He created a breakout opportunity and took it, as the Aussie dropped two.
In the second set, the two rivals traded serve until the sixth game when Alex de Miñaur got past Paul’s serve and broke it to escape 4-2.
The public did not pronounce the names of the players clearly, although they welcomed De Minaur’s advantage, a promise to play tennis longer if the Australian held her serve and won the set. It didn’t happen because Paul regained the restby forcing his opponent to knock the ball over the net.
De Minaur elevates his performancehe placed his forehand well to hold serve in the ninth game and in the tenth game he broke and took the set 6-4.
At the start of the third set, De Minaur struggled to hold serve, but once on target, he broke a chance and confirmed to take a 3-0 lead, taking advantage of six unforced errors from Paul.
The fourth game put the match on the brink of a tie. De Minaur, who handled his ‘drive’ well, moved Paul, who played this Friday at 3h25 and couldn’t reach the two balls left in the net; the Australian broke again and, after confirming, took a decisive lead of 5-0.
Tenacious, proud, Paul fought back and took the sixth ‘game’, but was unable to stop De Minaur, who, on his serve, won his seventh professional title in 2h 27.
The Open, which celebrated its thirtieth anniversary, has a prize pool of two million 178,960 dollars, with Alex De Minaur earning 376,620 and Tommy Paul 202,640; the champion adds 500 points to his rank, his rival, 300.
Source: La Verdad
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