Greek prime seed Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Australian fifth seed Alex de Minaur 6-3 6-4 on Saturday to seize the ATP Mexico Open for his first title in 14 months.
Tsitsipas, this yr’s Australian Open runner-up, claimed his first ATP outside hardcourt crown in his third remaining of the yr, having fallen to Novak Djokovic at Melbourne and top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz at Barcelona in April.
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The 24-year-old Greek star captured his tenth profession title and first since June of final yr at Mallorca to snap a five-final win drought.
World quantity 5 Tsitsipas improved to 10-0 all-time in opposition to Nineteenth-ranked de Minaur, who hoped for a Mexico double after successful the title at Acapulco in February.
“It was a great match,” Tsitsipas mentioned. “I’m really happy we were able to deliver a great quality in the final match.”
De Minaur was denied an eighth profession ATP crown in his third remaining of the yr. He additionally misplaced to Alcaraz in June’s trophy match at Queen’s.
After Tsitsipas dominated the primary set, de Minaur surrendered a break on a double fault to open the second set however broke again at love within the sixth recreation to drag stage.
Tsitsipas, who gained 23 of his 28 first-serve factors, responded with a break within the ninth recreation, seizing a 5-4 edge with a blistering forehand winner, then held serve to complete off the Australian after 86 minutes when de Minaur despatched a forehand lengthy.
Source: www.news.com.au
