Rotterdam Open: De Minaur advances to last eight
Alex De Minaur won against Jakub Mensik on Thursday. He’ll play the winner of the match between Arthur Fils and Daniel Altmaier next
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Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 3 seed, beat Jakub Mensik 6-4, 6-4 to move into the last eight of the Rotterdam Open at the Rotterdam Ahoy on Thursday.
De Minaur overcame Mensik in an hour, 29 minutes on the back of two break-point conversions, also benefitting from the latter’s five double faults.
The result meant the Aussie has now qualified for the quarter-finals in Rotterdam for the fourth straight year. He’s only the first player to achieve the feat after 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer.
De Minaur, ranked No 8, will face the winner of the match between Frenchman Arthur Fils, the No 7 seed, and German lucky loser Daniel Altmaier next.
The Australian won against Belgian David Goffin (6-2, 6-4) in the previous round of the Rotterdam tournament.
In the first round of the Rotterdam tournament, Mensik, ranked No 47, defeated Kazakh Alexander Bublik (6-4, 6-4).
Rotterdam ATP 500, other second-round results (Rotterdam Ahoy, hard, EUR 2.563.150, most recent results first):
- Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Holger Rune
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Andrea Vavassori
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Andrey Rublev vs. Fabian Marozsan
- Arthur Fils vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Jiri Lehecka: 7-5, 2-0 ret.
- Mattia Bellucci (Q) beat Daniil Medvedev (2): 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3
