Alex De Minaur outlasts Jack Draper 4-6 7-6(4) 7-6(1) in the 1st round in Tokyo on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. De Minaur will engage against Diego Schwartzman in the 2nd round. The epic lasted 3 hours and 4 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Australian added to his prize money $ 12,680 after winning this match. He has already won $ 27,170 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Australian will add $ 23,725 to his earnings to get in total $ 50,895 in total.
Highlights Alex De Minaur vs. Jack Draper Rakuten Japan Open – Tokyo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:04
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 120 points vs. the Brit’s 107.
De Minaur
Alex served extremely well to win 75% of the points (48/64) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (25/47) on his second serve. De Minaur was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6).
Draper
On the other side, the Brit didn’t lose the concentration in converting 57% of the break points that he procured points (4/7). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between De Minaur and Draper is 2-0 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex De Minaur vs. Diego Schwartzman – stats
De Minaur will play Schwartzman in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Alex De Minaur and Diego Schwartzman play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for De Minaur (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, De Minaur won 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in London back in June 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Jack clinched in the 10th game (6-4) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Jack failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
The Brit was perfect in converting all his break points in the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Alex wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They played 67 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Brit won just 3 more points than Alex (35-32). Jack dropped 14 points on serve (27-14). on the other side of the court, the Australian conceded 8 points on serve (18-8).
De Minaur started the set in the best possible way after breaking Jack Draper in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, De Minaur was not done to come back to break Draper in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (7-6).
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Alex won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the game count from 0-2 to 4-2.
Alex converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Draper converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40).
They contested 81 points. De Minaur conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Jack (43-38). The Australian conceded 22 points on serve (31-22). On the other side, Jack conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).
De Minaur clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 9th (4-5) game, De Minaur broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-1.
Tiebreak
The Australian won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (5-1), 7th (6-1) and 8th (7-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1
De Minaur converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 9th game (4-5 15-40). In addition on the other side, Draper converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 40-A and 40-A).
They played 79 points. De Minaur was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Draper (44-35). Alex dropped 11 points on serve (25-11). In addition, on the other side, Jack conceded 19 points on serve (24-19).
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