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Alex de Minaur fought back from a painful defeat Lorenzo Musetti to register a comprehensive victory Taylor Fritz But atp final,
The Australian had the better performance in a 7-6(3), 6-3 victory and withstood a late rally from the American to keep alive his hopes of reaching the semi-finals at the season-end tournament.
His relief was evident as he roared with joy and gestured to the crowd to make some noise before signing ‘Finally’ to the camera lens, almost stunned by the magnitude of the victory.
He later said, “I’ve suffered quite a bit of heartbreak recently, it was nice to finally get a win here in Turin.” “I’ve worked really hard so it was nice to get some positive feedback or a positive reward for the hard work, so very happy with today’s performance.”
The seventh seed lost to Musetti in three sets after serving for the match in the final set on Tuesday night, and she later said she had suffered consecutive losses from winning positions, including that match. were “mentally killing” him.
He also lost his opening match carlos alcarazHe led 5–3 in the first set tiebreak, and a loss to Musetti put him on the brink of elimination.
The loss to Musetti was “a tough pill to swallow”, he said. “I didn’t do much, I didn’t think too much today, I just went out, committed to what I needed to do. There were some tough moments but ultimately I continued to support myself, whether it worked out or not, I was just going to leave it all out there.”
Knowing that he needed to defeat Fritz in straight sets to maintain any chances of qualifying from the Jimmy Connors Group, De Minaur performed consistently aggressively and took advantage of the American’s nervousness to record his first win in the final, having lost all three of his matches in 2024.
He had a chance to break Fritz 5–2 in the second set and although the sixth seed held serve, de Minaur avoided a Musetti-like fall and closed out the match with two venomous aces, including match point.
Its chances of reaching the semi-finals are now gone. If Musetti beats Alcaraz in Thursday’s second match the Italian will top the group, with Alcaraz second and De Minaur eliminated. A win for top seeds Alcaraz, who have already qualified, would see De Minaur join them in the last four.
When his on-court interviewer asked how he could progress, De Minaur replied, “Is that really true? I don’t trust you right now.
“I’ve kind of made peace with that, I come on the court with that kind of mentality – a lot of worrying about situations or what-ifs, I just focus on what I need to do. What happens, happens. [tonight],
Second seed and defending champion Jannik Sinner has already qualified from the Björn Borg Group with two wins and no losses so far. Felix Auger-Aliassime will face Alexander Zverev in a straight shoot-out for the remaining qualifying spot, while Ben Shelton has already been eliminated.