Alex De Minaur bests Timofey Skatov 6-2 3-6 6-1 7-5 in the 1st round in New York on Tuesday. De Minaur will engage against Yibing Wu in the 2nd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 42 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

Alex added to his prize money $ 41,500 after winning this match. He has already won $ 123,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alex will add $ 68,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 191,000 in total.

Highlights Alex De Minaur vs. Timofey Skatov U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Minaur
Skatov
6-2 3-6 6-1
7-5
2h:42
117
117
Total points
93
93
42
42
Winners
38
38
36%
36%
Ratio Winners
41%
41%
48
48
Unforced
46
46
51%
51%
Ratio Unforced
49%
49%
18/25
18/25
Net Approaches
5/9
5/9
72%
72%
Perc
56%
56%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
2
2
4
4
Double Faults
3
3
53%
53%
1st in
66%
66%
75%
75%
1st won
55%
55%
42/56
42/56
1st won
38/69
38/69
52%
52%
2nd won
49%
49%
26/50
26/50
2nd won
17/35
17/35
202
202
Fastest serve
189
189
182
182
AVG 1st Serve
170
170
146
146
AVG 2nd Serve
153
153
-- Break Points --
8/14
8/14
Total
4/6
4/6
57%
57%
Won
67%
67%
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At the end of the match, Alex scored 117 points vs. the Kazakhstani’s 93.

De Minaur

De Minaur served extremely well to win 75% of the points (42/56) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (26/50) on his second serve. Alex was sharp when converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (8/14).

Skatov

On the other side, Timofey was effective at converting 67% of the break points that he conquered points (4/6). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Alex De Minaur vs. Yibing Wu – stats

De Minaur will take on Wu in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Alex De Minaur and Yibing Wu since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Minaur 6-2
MinaurSkatov
6
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
MinaurSkatov
5
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MinaurSkatov
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
MinaurSkatov
3
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MinaurSkatov
2
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
MinaurSkatov
2
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
MinaurSkatov
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
MinaurSkatov
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Alex in this set didn’t concede much to Skatov and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking Skatov in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Timofey couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.

De Minaur converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). On the other side, the Kazakhstani wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40).

They contested 50 points. The Australian conquered the set after winning 12 more points than Timofey (31-19). The Australian dropped 8 points on serve (19-8). In addition, on the other side, Timofey conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).

2nd Set -
Skatov 6-3
SkatovMinaur
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
SkatovMinaur
5
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
SkatovMinaur
4
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
SkatovMinaur
3
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
SkatovMinaur
3
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
SkatovMinaur
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
SkatovMinaur
1
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
SkatovMinaur
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
SkatovMinaur
0
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Timofey won the set after he broke De Minaur 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game. De Minaur tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Yet, Timofey kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-3.

The Kazakhstani was on the money in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 15-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). On the other side, the Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-3 15-40).

They played 49 points. Timofey was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than De Minaur (28-21). Timofey surrendered 10 points on serve (15-10). Regarding the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).

3rd Set -
Minaur 6-1
MinaurSkatov
6
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
MinaurSkatov
5
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
MinaurSkatov
4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
MinaurSkatov
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MinaurSkatov
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MinaurSkatov
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
MinaurSkatov
0
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Alex was too strong to drop just 1 game before breaking the Kazakhstani 3 times and win the set 6-1.

Timofey was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 0-1 to 6-1.

Alex was perfect in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 35 points. Alex was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than Skatov (24-11). De Minaur was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (12-2). on the other side of the court, Skatov conceded 12 points on serve (9-12).

4th Set -
Minaur 7-5
MinaurSkatov
7
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
MinaurSkatov
6
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MinaurSkatov
5
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
MinaurSkatov
5
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
MinaurSkatov
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
MinaurSkatov
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
MinaurSkatov
4
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
MinaurSkatov
4
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
MinaurSkatov
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
MinaurSkatov
3
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
MinaurSkatov
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
MinaurSkatov
1
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40

De Minaur came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Timofey Skatov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, there was more to do for Alex to win the set since Timofey managed to break back in the 9th (4-5) game. De Minaur kept his focus to break Timofey in the 12th (7-5) game.

Alex was unable to break the Kazakhstani in the 4th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Alex converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Kazakhstani converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 9th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 76 points. Alex conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Skatov (41-35). Alex conceded 15 points on serve (26-15). On the losing side, Timofey conceded 15 points on serve (20-15).

1st
Minaur
Skatov
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Minaur
Skatov
3-6
3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
3rd
Minaur
Skatov
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
4th
Minaur
Skatov
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0

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