Alex de Minaur has delivered a huge boost to his hopes of reaching the end-of-season ATP Finals, powering into the last four at the Vienna Open.
Alex de Minaur has delivered a huge boost to his hopes of reaching the end-of-season ATP Finals, conjuring up some of his best tennis since suffering his season-changing injury at Wimbledon as he powered into the last four at the Vienna Open .
If he can win the hardcourt title in the Austrian capital over the weekend, it would push de Minaur among the top eight players currently in line to qualify for the showpiece men's Finals in Turin next month.Sydney's second-seed de Minaur will face unseeded Russian Karen Khachanov in Saturday's semifinal, while rising British star Jack Draper will meet Italy's Wimbledon semifinalist Lorenzo Musetti in the other last-four duel.ABC Sport Daily is your daily sports conversation.
After being blown away by the irrepressible 18-year-old in their first-set tie-break, de Minaur not only survived the barrage of 15 aces and 47 winners that scorched from the young Czech's racquet but he also became the first man all week to break Mensik's huge serve, achieving the feat once in each of the next two sets.
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