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AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. De Minaur beats Cuevas to take on Fabio Fognini in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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De Minaur And Katie Boulter

Alex De Minaur is getting more and more confident. The Australian champion started the season in the best possible way after winning the title in Antalya. Alex reached the 3rd round of the Australian Open with straight-set wins. Things are going great for Alex both on and off the court.

De Minaur and Katie Boulter

There are stronger and stronger rumors about Alex dating British beauty and fellow tennis player Katie Boulter. The Australian contributed to fuel more speculation about his involvement with Katie after signing KT on the camera after he defeated Pablo Cuevas 6-3 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round. Obviously, that didn’t go unnoticed.

De Minaur
Melbourne
De Minaur's Record

De Minaur added to his prize money $ 65,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 215,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, De Minaur will add $ 105,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 320,000 in total.

Highlights Alex De Minaur vs. Pablo Cuevas Australian Open – Melbourne

De Minaur’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Minaur
Cuevas
Alex De Minaur
6-3 6-3 7-5
1h:59
Pablo Cuevas
106
106
Total points
81
81
44
44
Winners
45
45
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
56%
56%
22
22
Unforced
38
38
37%
37%
Ratio Unforced
63%
63%
25/29
25/29
Net Approaches
6/7
6/7
86%
86%
Perc
86%
86%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
9
9
0
0
Double Faults
2
2
59%
59%
1st in
67%
67%
86%
86%
1st won
66%
66%
44/51
44/51
1st won
45/68
45/68
51%
51%
2nd won
36%
36%
18/35
18/35
2nd won
12/33
12/33
207
207
Fastest serve
203
203
184
184
AVG 1st Serve
183
183
148
148
AVG 2nd Serve
157
157
-- Break Points --
5/14
5/14
Total
1/3
1/3
36%
36%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, De Minaur scored 106 points vs. Cuevas’s 81.

De Minaur

De Minaur served very well to win 86% of the points (44/51) behind his first serve, and he won 51% points (18/35) on his second serve. De Minaur won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 36% (5/14) of the procured opportunities.

Cuevas

On the other side, Cuevas was not so effective in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Alex De Minaur vs. Fabio Fognini – stats

De Minaur will face Fognini in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Alex De Minaur and Fabio Fognini since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Alex De Minaur Draw info

Live score progression and stats

De Minaur won the set after he broke Pablo in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Alex converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Cuevas wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 30-40).

They contested 61 points. Alex was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Pablo (35-26). De Minaur lost 6 points on serve (18-6). on the other side of the court, Cuevas conceded 17 points on serve (20-17).

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Alex conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before eventually conquering the set (6-3).

They contested 52 points. Alex was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Cuevas (31-21). Alex conceded 6 points on serve (21-6). on the other side of the net, Cuevas conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).

De Minaur clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 8th (3-5) game, De Minaur broke back in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game to win the set 7-5.

Cuevas was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-5 to 7-5.

Alex conceded 11 points on serve (20-11). In addition, on the other side, Cuevas conceded 17 points on serve (22-17).

 

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