Alex De Minaur grounds Thiago Agustin Tirante 6-2 6-1 in the 2nd round in Los Cabos on Wednesday after playing an extraordinary match to deal with Tommy Paul in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 3 minutes.
The Australian added to his prize money $ 10,805 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 25,765 after this win. If he wins the next match, De Minaur will add $ 18,700 to his earnings to get in total $ 44,465 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, De Minaur scored 55 points vs. the Argentine’s 30.
De Minaur
Alex served extremely well to win 86% of the points (19/22) behind his first serve, and he won 69% points (9/13) on his second serve. De Minaur didn’t lose the focus when converting 56% of the break points that he conquered (5/9).
Agustin Tirante
On the other side, the Argentine wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between De Minaur and Agustin Tirante is 1-0 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex De Minaur vs. Tommy Paul – stats
De Minaur will fight against Paul in the quarter.
This will be the 5th time that Alex De Minaur and Tommy Paul face off. The head to head is 4-0 for De Minaur (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, De Minaur won 3-6 6-4 6-1 in the final in Acapulco back in March 2023.
Live score progression and stats
The Australian in this set was too good for the Argentine and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking the Argentine in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Agustin Tirante was completely knocked out in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-2 to 6-2.
De Minaur converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (4-2 15-40) and the 9th game (6-1 30-40). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 47 points. Alex was the winner of the set after clinching 13 more points than Thiago (30-17). De Minaur was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). On the other side, the Argentine conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).
De Minaur was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Thiago Agustin Tirante in the 2nd game (2-0
). De Minaur extended his lead after breaking Agustin Tirante in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.Thiago was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Alex converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (3-1 0-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 38 points. The Australian won 12 more points than Thiago (25-13). The Australian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (12-3). On the other side, Agustin Tirante conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).
Tennis Scores in Los Cabos
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- Borna CoricCoric – Jason JungJung (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – John IsnerIsner (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (7-65 4-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves (7-5 7-67) – Stats and score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Borna GojoGojo (5-7 6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Borna CoricCoric – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Nicolas JarryJarry (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Tommy PaulPaul (4-0) – H2H details and stats