Alex De Minaur beats Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4 7-64 in the quarter in Basel on Friday. De Minaur will engage against Reilly Opelka in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Alex won the set after he broke Struff in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Struff tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Nevertheless, the Australian kept the situation under control before winning the set 6-4.
2nd set.
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Alex won the breaker at 4.
Statistics
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 75 points vs. the German’s 72 points.
Alex won this match even if he had a tough time in converting his break points as he converted only 40% (2/5). On the other side, Struff was absolutely great in converting all the break points (1/1). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between De Minaur and Struff is 2-0 for Alex.
Highlights Alex De Minaur vs. Jan-Lennard Struff Swiss Indoors Basel – Basel
Next Match: Alex De Minaur vs. Reilly Opelka – stats
De Minaur will come up against Opelka in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Alex De Minaur and Reilly Opelka square off. The head to head is 3-0 for De Minaur (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, De Minaur won 7-63 6-4 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati back in August 2019.
Tennis Scores in Basel
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Roger FedererFederer – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (23-3) – See H2H details
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-3) – See H2H details
