Alex De Minaur downs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 4-2 3-45 4-1 4-1 in the Round Robin in Milan on Tuesday. De Minaur will play against Casper Ruud in the Round Robin.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Alex conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) before winning the set (4-2).
2nd set.
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, Davidovich Fokina won the breaker at 5.
3rd set.
Davidovich Fokina started off on the right foot in the set after breaking De Minaur in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, De Minaur succeeded in coming back to break Davidovich Fokina in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (4-1).
Davidovich Fokina was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set (from 0-1 to 4-1).
4th set.
De Minaur won the set after he broke Davidovich Fokina in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game. That was enough for De Minaur to conquer the set since he didn’t concede his serve during the rest of the set.
The Spaniard was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set (from 0-1 to 4-1).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Alex scored 76 points vs. the Spaniard’s 57 points.
Alex served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (31/40) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (15/25) on his second serve. The Australian was sharp when converting 83% of the break points that he conquered (5/6). On the other side, Davidovich Fokina was far from perfect in converting his break points because he converted only 33% of his break points (1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between De Minaur and Davidovich Fokina is 1-0 for Alex.
Highlights Alex De Minaur vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Next Gen ATP Finals – Milan
Next Match: Alex De Minaur vs. Casper Ruud – stats
De Minaur will square off with Ruud in the Round Robin.
There is no head to head record between Alex De Minaur and Casper Ruud since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
The last time that they played, Ruud won 6-3 6-2 in the semifinal in Braga Challenger back in 2018.
Tennis Scores in Milan
- Mikael YmerYmer – Ugo HumbertHumbert (4-32 1-4 4-2 4-1) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Casper RuudRuud (4-35 4-35 4-2) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (4-2 3-45 4-1 4-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-0) – See H2H details
- Casper RuudRuud – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – See H2H details
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – See H2H details
- Mikael YmerYmer – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – See H2H details
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – See H2H details
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – See H2H details
