- The Australian star won in just 44 minutes at Monte Carters
- Blitzed Grigor Dimitrov 6-0 6-0 on clay
- I then play Lorenzo Musetti for a place in the final
Ruthless Alex de Minaur humiliated the Bulgarian star Grigor Dimitrov 6-0 6-0 to feast on the first “ Double Bagel ” of his professional career while fueling the semi-final of Monte Carlo Masters.
The Australian was in a merciless mood against the spell veteran, taking only 44 minutes to put the world number 18 one of his most embarrassing defeats on the main arena of Monte Carlo Country Club.
It was a real declaration of Declaration by DE MINAUR, 26, when he reached the third semi-final of Clay-COURT in his career and demonstrated that it was no longer an area that confused him.
The victory means that De Minaur has a chance to make the story overnight. If he beats Lorenzo Musetti Italian in the semi -finals, he will reach a high classification in fifth career in the world – his previous watermark is sixth.
When he was asked if he realized that he had won the first victory in laundering his professional career, by Minaur smiled: “I knew that-and I also know that the only time I lost 6-0 6-0 myself was in Tommy Paul in the semi-finals of the American juniors. It’s pretty crazy!
A “double bagel” is a rare feat at this level of tennis.
Indeed, it was the first score of this type in any ATP tournament in the quarter-finals and beyond for 12 years since the Grand Roger Federer in Blanchi Mischa Zverev at the last at eight in Halle.
The world n ° 10 of Minaur expected a difficult duel against the persistent Dimitrov with persistent leaves, but after having dominated the first stages, it seemed to drain all the belief and the confidence of the 33 -year -old man and never removed the foot of the pedal while the Bulgarian just coughs unl in forced errors, 23 in all.
Ruthless Alex de Minaur (Photo) humiliated the Bulgarian star Grigor Dimitrov 6-0 6-0 to feast on the first “ Double Bagel ” of his professional career in Monte Carlo
The Australian was in a ruthless mood on the earth
After winning the first set 6-0 in just 23 minutes – the first time that Dimitrov failed to win a match in a stanza for nine years – by Minaur won another break at the start of the second with a laminating lob that continued the strangulation.
Becoming only stronger and more aggressive as the unilateral match progressed, from Minaur left only 15 of the 63 points played to become the first Australian since John Alexander in 1979 to make the semi-finals of the famous old Tournament of the Principality.
He is also the first aussia from Lleyton Hewitt in Hamburg in 2007 to reach a Masters 1000 Clay-Court semi-final when he posted a 20th victory of the season.
There were still better news for DE MINAUR when he thought about the possibility of reaching his first clay final because he will not face his sworn enemy Stefanos Tsisipas in the last four, with Italian Lorenzo Musetti causing an upheaval by beating the Greek 1-6 6-4.
Tsitsipas, who had a day with his portion with his portion, has a 11-1 career record against Minaur, but the Australian has a 1-1 file against the semi-finalist of Wimbledon Musetti in what seems difficult to call when they are preparing to meet for the first time on Clay.
Earlier, the rare treat of two Australians making the semi-finals of the same Masters event was destroyed when Alexei Popyrin was defeated entirely 6-3 6-2 by Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in 69 minutes.
