Alex de Minaur’s sizzling kind has continued on the hardcourts on the ATP occasion in Acapulco.
The eighth-seeded Australian cruised previous Japanese qualifier Taro Daniel 6-2 6-2 on Thursday in 97 minutes and into the semi-finals.
De Minaur, the world No.22, will play both Italian Matteo Berrettini or fourth seed Holger Rune of Denmark.
The 24-year-old Sydneysider has dropped simply eight video games in his three victories, having defeated Mexican wildcard Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez within the opening spherical and Italian qualifier Jacopo Berrettini within the final 16.
De Minaur received the ultimate 4 video games of each units in opposition to Daniel and didn’t face a break level after he dropped serve at 2-0 within the opener.
In the opposite facet of the draw, Taylor Fritz beat fellow American Francis Tiafoe 6-3 6-4 to advance to the final 4 – the place he’ll face seventh seed Tommy Paul.
It’ll be simply the second all-American semi-final matchup within the 30-year historical past of the Mexican occasion. Fritz confronted John Isner in 2020, when he was the runner-up.
The winner of the Fritz-Paul match will develop into the third American to succeed in the match decider. Besides Fritz, Sam Querrey received the match in 2017.
“I’d say it’s similar to how I would play Frances,” Fritz stated of the matchup.
“He’s one of my close friends, we both know each other’s game really well. Tommy’s been playing well. It’s been a while since we’ve played each other and it’s going to be a good match.”
Fritz is in his second semi of the season and is attempting to seize his second title after successful at Delray Beach.
With AP.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
