Alex De Minaur tops Virtanen in the 2nd round to set up a clash vs Evans at the U.S. Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

Alex De Minaur bests Otto Virtanen 7-5 6-1 7-6(3) in the 2^nd round in New York on Thursday. De Minaur will play against Daniel Evans in the 3^rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 17 minutes. His best result in this event was reaching the quarter in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

New York

De Minaur's Record

De Minaur added to his prize money $ 75,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 215,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alex will add $ 110,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 325,000 in total.

Highlights Alex De Minaur vs. Otto Virtanen U.S. Open – New York

De Minaur’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Minaur

Virtanen

7-5 6-1 7-6³
2h:17

116

116

Total points

86

86

28

28

Winners

41

41

24%

24%

Ratio Winners

48%

48%

19

19

Unforced

53

53

26%

26%

Ratio Unforced

74%

74%

19/23

19/23

Net Approaches

21/32

21/32

83%

83%

Perc

66%

66%

-- Serve --

5

5

Aces

6

6

3

3

Double Faults

8

8

45%

45%

1st in

55%

55%

72%

72%

1st won

64%

64%

28/39

28/39

1st won

41/64

41/64

72%

72%

2nd won

40%

40%

34/47

34/47

2nd won

21/52

21/52

206

206

Fastest serve

215

215

189

189

AVG 1^st Serve

194

194

151

151

AVG 2^nd Serve

161

161

-- Break Points --

5/14

5/14

Total

1/1

1/1

36%

36%

Won

100%

100%

See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Alex scored 116 points vs. Virtanen’s 86.

De Minaur

The Australian won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 36% (5/14) of the procured opportunities.

Virtanen

On the other side, The Finn was exceptional in converting the only break point that he converted. Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between De Minaur and Virtanen is 1-0 for Alex.

Draw and next match H2H: Alex De Minaur vs. Daniel Evans – stats

De Minaur will square off with Evans in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 5^th time that Alex De Minaur and Daniel Evans square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Evans (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Evans won 6-4 7-6⁶ in the 1^st round in Montreal back in 2019.

Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open

• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (7-6² 6-1 7-5)
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – Arthur FilsFils (7-5 6-7³ 6-4 6-4)
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (7-5 6-1 7-6³)
• Tomas MachacMachac – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-4 6-2 6-4)
• Tommy PaulPaul – Max PurcellPurcell (7-5 6-0 1-0 ret.)
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3)
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (6-1 7-5 6-4)
• Jack DraperDraper – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (6-4 6-2 6-2)
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-3 6-2 7-6⁵)
• Daniel EvansEvans – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-4 6-3 6-3)
• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-2 6-4 6-4)
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-4 6-0 6-2)
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-4 7-5 7-5)
• David GoffinGoffin – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-7⁸ 6-3 6-2 7-6¹)
• Jakub MensikMensik – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-7⁴ 2-6 6-2 7-6⁵ 7-6³)
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Zizou BergsBergs (4-6 6-3 7-5 6-3)
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Ugo HumbertHumbert (5-7 6-4 6-4 6-4)
• Casper RuudRuud – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 6-2 2-6 7-6³)
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-3 4-6 6-4 1-6 6-3)
• Andrey RublevRublev – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (4-6 5-7 6-1 6-2 6-2)
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-1 2-0 ret.)
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Arthur CazauxCazaux (6-4 6-4 6-2)
• Juncheng ShangShang – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-2 6-3 7-6²)
• Taylor FritzFritz – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-3 7-6¹ 6-1)
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-1 6-1 7-6⁴)
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 6-1 1-0 ret.)
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-7⁵ 0-6 6-4 6-4 7-5)
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-4 7-6⁵ 6-1)
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (3-6 6-4 6-4 2-6 7-5)
• Ben SheltonShelton – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-3 6-4 6-4)
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-2 6-4 6-0)
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Laslo DjereDjere (6-4 6-4 2-0 ret.)

Upcoming matches

• Jannik SinnerSinner – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-1) – H2H details and stats
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – Tommy PaulPaul (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Nuno BorgesBorges – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Jack DraperDraper (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• David GoffinGoffin – Tomas MachacMachac (0-1) – H2H details and stats
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Daniel EvansEvans (0-3) – H2H details and stats
• Casper RuudRuud – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-1) – H2H details and stats
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-1) – H2H details and stats
• Andrey RublevRublev – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (2-2) – H2H details and stats
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-3) – H2H details and stats