TURIN.- The Australian tennis player Alex De Minaurseventh player in the world, can still reach the semifinals of the ATP Masters thanks to his victory this Thursday in Turin against the American Taylor Fritz (6th), which also ensures the classification of number 1, Carlos Alcaraz.
De Minaur, 26 years old, achieved his first victory in a match of the ATP Finalswhich brings together the eight best players of the year, with a score of 7-6 (7/3) and 6-4.
Fritz, who defeated the Italian Lorenzo Musettibut was defeated by Alcaraz in his first two games in Turin, he lost all hope of reaching the semifinals, as happened in his first two participations.
“I finally managed to win a game here… Whatever has to happen, will happen now. I will try to relax and see what happens tonight,” De Minaur declared.
The Australian broke his opponent’s serve in the third game of the first set. Although Fritz, finalist of the 2024 edition of the Masters Tournament, quickly recovered the break in the first set, he collapsed in the tiebreaker, where his rival quickly took the lead.
A similar scenario occurred in the second set, with Fritz losing his serve in the second game and failing to recover it this time, allowing De Minaur to achieve his dominance on his second match point.
Thanks to this result, Alcaraz secures the semifinals even before his match this Thursday against Musetti.
If the Italian wins, he will accompany Alcaraz in the semifinals. Otherwise, the second classified in this group will be De Minaur.
Sinner showed the way
The number two in the world, the Italian Jannik Sinner, became the first qualifier for the semifinals of the ATP Masters after his victory against the German Alexander Zverev, third player in the world, this Wednesday in Turin.
Sinner, current champion of the tournament that brings together the eight best tennis players of the year, won 6-4, 6-3 in 1 hour and 37 minutes of play against Zverev, whom he beat for the fourth time this season in as many matches.
The Italian did not have any trouble in his second match of the 2025 Masters and chained his 28th consecutive victory on an indoor hard surface, his preferred playing field.
