Alex De Minaur breezes past Karen Khachanov 6-2 6-2 in the 3rd round in Paris on Thursday after playing a great match to clash against Alexander Bublik in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 8 minutes. This run will match his best achievement in this competition. Here you can see his history at this event.
Alex added to his prize money € 71,705 after winning this match. He has already won € 154,170 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alex will add € 128,480 to his earnings to get in total € 282,650 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alex scored 58 points vs. Karen’s 39.
De Minaur
Alex served pretty well to win 79% of the points (22/28) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (15/24) on his second serve. De Minaur didn’t lose the focus when converting 80% of the break points that he conquered (4/5).
Khachanov
On the other side, Karen wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between De Minaur and Khachanov is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex De Minaur vs. Alexander Bublik – stats
De Minaur will fight against Bublik in the quarter.
This will be the 5th time that Alex De Minaur and Alexander Bublik clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for De Minaur (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they played, Bublik won 2-6 2-6 6-4 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Paris back in May 2025.
Live score progression and stats
De Minaur started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Karen Khachanov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Australian improved his lead after breaking Karen in the 8th (6-2) game before conquering the set.
The Australian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2
to be broken at 15.Alex was spot on in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Khachanov wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (1-3 40-A).
They contested 54 points. De Minaur was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than the Russian (32-22). De Minaur dropped 10 points on serve (23-10
). on the other side of the court, Karen conceded 9 points on serve (12-9).Alex in this set didn’t concede much to the Russian and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Khachanov in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Australian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Khachanov was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 43 points. De Minaur was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Khachanov (26-17). Alex surrendered 5 points on serve (14-5). On the other side, Khachanov conceded 12 points on serve (12-12).
Tennis Scores in Paris
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- Alexander BublikBublik – Taylor FritzFritz (7-65 6-2)
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-2 6-2)
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (3-6 6-3 6-2)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-2 6-4)
- Ben SheltonShelton – Andrey RublevRublev (7-66 6-3)
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Cameron NorrieNorrie (7-64 6-4)
Upcoming matches
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