Yahoo Sports· 1h ago· 1 min read
Alex De Minaur's victory came despite a poor record against Stefanos Tsitipas, who had previously beaten him in 12 of their 13 encounters (Emilee Chinn) Alex de Minaur launched his Washington Open title defense with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas on Wednesday to set an all-Australian clash with teen Cruz Hewitt.
Tsitsipas, the former world number three from Greece, had won 12 of their prior 13 encounters, but de Minaur shrugged off a shaky start to turn the tables.
After surviving a break point in the fourth game he handed Tsitsipas a break with back-to-back double-faults.
The Aussie fought back with two breaks of his own and survived another break point in the 10th game to pocket the first set.
Tsitsipas broke first again in the second set and held on to force the third. But de Minaur took advantage of an unforced error by Tsitsipas to seize an early break and held…
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