Alex De Minaur sweeps aside Taro Daniel 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in Acapulco on Monday after playing a remarkable match to clash against Sebastian Ofner in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 19 minutes. De Minaur won this tournament once in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Alex added to his prize money $ 15,055 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 32,265 after this win. If he wins the next match, De Minaur will add $ 28,175 to his earnings to get in total $ 60,440 in total.
Highlights Alex De Minaur vs. Taro Daniel Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Acapulco
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alex scored 61 points vs. Taro’s 36.
De Minaur
De Minaur served pretty well to win 78% of the points (14/18) behind his first serve, and he won 68% points (21/31) on his second serve. De Minaur won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Daniel
On the other side, Daniel wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between De Minaur and Daniel is 3-0 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex De Minaur vs. Sebastian Ofner – stats
De Minaur will play Ofner in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Alex De Minaur and Sebastian Ofner since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
De Minaur had a great start in this set after breaking Taro Daniel in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Alex managed to strengthen his lead after breaking the Japanese in the 8th (6-2) game before conquering the set.
Alex failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 0.
De Minaur converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Daniel was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 61 points. Alex conquered the set after winning 13 more points than Daniel (37-24). Alex dropped 10 points on serve (23-10). On the losing side, Daniel conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).
De Minaur was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Taro Daniel in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. De Minaur reinforced his lead after breaking Daniel in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
De Minaur converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 0-40). On the other side, De Minaur didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 36 points. De Minaur conquered the set after winning 12 points more than Taro (24-12). Alex was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (12-4). In addition, on the other side, the Japanese conceded 12 points on serve (8-12).
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