“The feeling right now is great,” said Alex de Minaur when winning an ATP 500 for the first time. “This is the result of hard training efforts and also a stepping stone for me to confidently enter India. Wells and the next Miami”.
Tommy Paul – who lost to Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals of the Australian Open earlier this year, and De Minaur previously both experienced a dramatic three-set match. De Minaur closed the Holger Rune confrontation at 3:00 and less than 24 hours later, the 24-year-old tennis player returned to the field to play the final.
Thanks to an effective double serve, with a win rate of 86%, Paul saved both break-points in the first set, the American player won 6-3 in the set.
In the last two sets, De Minaur actively pulled the opponent into durable balls, where he dominated.
The Australian tennis player resolved all five break-points to face in the first game of the third set, the game lasted 10 minutes with five draws at 40-40.
De Minaur won the next two ball games to lead 4-0. Despite saving two match-points while he was leading 0-5, Paul still dropped the racquet and lost the final, with 32 self-defeating errors.
VIDEO: De Minaur vs Paul (Acapulco final 2023)
This is the second match in a row at Acapulco, De Minaur lost the first set before winning the reverse, to become the second Australian player to win the tournament, after compatriot Nick Kyrgios in 2019.
