TIL Desk Sports/ Third seed Alex de Minaur of Australia has defeated American Reilly Opelka 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 6-3 in the semifinals of the Atlanta Open. The 20-year-old De Minaur is the youngest finalist in the tournament history.
Although the Aussie endured a string of early exits on clay and grass while dealing with a groin injury, he”s 14-4 on hard courts this season and has looked confident on his best surface in Atlanta.
“I”m really proud of where I am after suffering a tough injury. I”m back where I want to be,” said De Minaur on Saturday. “I felt like I”ve been playing some great tennis. I knew that sooner or later, I”d have a good result again.”
There
were no service breaks in the first two sets in the semifinal. De Minaur raced
through the last three points of the first set tiebreak, but Opelka hung tough
and won a wild second set tiebreak.
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