
Alex De Minaur outlasts Botic Van De Zandschulp 3-6 7-6(4) 7-5 in the quarter in Rotterdam on Friday after conquering a huge battle. De Minaur will clash against Ugo Humbert in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 44 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the final in 2024 and 2025. Here you can see his history at this event.
Alex added to his prize money € 64,590 after winning this match. He has already won € 132,060 so far in this event. If he wins the next match, Alex will add € 115,740 to his earnings to get in total € 247,800.
Highlights Alex De Minaur vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp ABN AMRO Open – Rotterdam
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 111 points vs. Van De Zandschulp’s 108.
De Minaur
The Australian served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (50/67) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (18/33) on his second serve. The Australian won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.
Van De Zandschulp
On the other side, Botic had a tough time converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between De Minaur and Van De Zandschulp is 4-0 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex De Minaur vs. Ugo Humbert – stats
De Minaur will square off with Humbert in the semifinal.
This will be the 8th time that Alex De Minaur and Ugo Humbert square off. The head to head is 5-2 for De Minaur (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Botic grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
Van De Zandschulp was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 5th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, De Minaur wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They played 57 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Dutch won just 3 more points than the Australian (30-27). The Dutch surrendered 7 points on serve (21-7). On the other side, Alex conceded 9 points on serve (20-9).
De Minaur won the set after he broke Van De Zandschulp .
Alex was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 30-40), the 12th (6-5 30-40) and the 14th game (7-5 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Dutch was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 101 points. Alex was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Van De Zandschulp (53-48). De Minaur dropped 10 points on serve (24-10). On the other side, the Dutch conceded 29 points on serve (38-29).
De Minaur conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Botic Van De Zandschulp in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, the Australian was not done to come back to break the Dutch in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
De Minaur was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11th game (5-5 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Botic was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (1-2 0-40).
They contested 61 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Alex won just 1 point more than Van De Zandschulp (31-30). De Minaur conceded 12 points on serve (20-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Van De Zandschulp conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).
Tennis Scores in Rotterdam
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (3-6 7-64 7-5)
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (7-62 6-2)
- Alexander BublikBublik – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-4 6-74 7-63)
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-4 6-1)
Upcoming matches
- Alexander BublikBublik – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (2-4) – H2H details and stats
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Ugo HumbertHumbert (5-2) – H2H details and stats




