Alex De Minaur tops Shintaro Mochizuki 6-2 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in New York on Thursday. De Minaur will have to play Daniel Altmaier in the 3rd round. The match lasted exactly 2 hours. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2020 and 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Australian added to his prize money $ 83,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 237,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, De Minaur will add $ 163,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 400,000 in total.
Highlights Alex De Minaur vs. Shintaro Mochizuki U.S. Open – New York
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alex scored 101 points vs. the Japanese’s 75.
De Minaur
Alex didn’t lose the concentration in converting 78% of the break points that he conquered (7/9).
Mochizuki
On the other side, Shintaro had some problems converting his break points (only 14% – 2/14). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between De Minaur and Mochizuki is 1-0 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex De Minaur vs. Daniel Altmaier – stats
De Minaur will play Altmaier in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Alex De Minaur and Daniel Altmaier face off. 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 squared off, De Minaur won 6-1 6-4 in the quarter in Rotterdam back in February 2025.
Live score progression and stats
De Minaur in this set was more solid than the Japanese and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Mochizuki in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Shintaro was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The Australian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, Mochizuki was unable to convert any of his 11 break points. He had 11 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 67 points. Alex was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Mochizuki (38-29). De Minaur conceded 15 points on serve (23-15). on the other side of the court, the Japanese conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).
De Minaur conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Shintaro Mochizuki in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the Australian found the way to come back to break the Japanese 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
An important stage of this set was when the Australian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the game count from 0-2 to 4-2.
The Australian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 0-40), the 5th (3-2 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, the Japanese converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 40-A).
They contested 56 points. The Australian won 8 more points than Mochizuki (32-24
). De Minaur dropped 12 points on serve (17-12). On the losing side, the Japanese conceded 15 points on serve (12-15).The Australian in this set was too good for the Japanese and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking the Japanese in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Japanese was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
De Minaur converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 53 points. The Australian was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Mochizuki (31-22
). Alex lost 8 points on serve (17-8). on the other side of the court, Shintaro conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
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