Alex de Miñaur signed this Sunday the umpteenth failure of Australian tennis. The tennis player from Sydney, who has lived in Alicante since he was a child, could not give joy to his compatriots, who gave him options to go far in the Open due to his new top 10 status.
At the moment of truth, heAndrey Rublev’s winning shots revealed a rival who has his best weapon in his legs. When the devil, as he is nicknamed in his country, ran out of gasoline in his legs, Rublev played at ease to score the last two sets, giving up only three games. The Russian, based in Barcelona, finished with a rosco to close a score of 6-4, 6-7(7), 6-7(7), 6-3 y 6-0.
It will be the Muscovite who will face Jannik Sinner for a place in the semifinals. It is worth remembering that the pupil of Fernando Vicente and Beto Martín have never gone beyond the penultimate round in one of the four majors.
The Australian Tennis Federation, owner of the entire tour of the Antipodes, once again has a resounding failure because it has not released a player capable of competing for the most important titles since the retirement of Lleyton Hewitt and the sporadic appearances of the wayward Nick Kyrgios.
Hewitt was on De Minaur’s bench next to Adolfo Gutiérrez, coach of the Aussie number one. Of the 21 locals that started in the individual tables, none remain. Nine of them, without sufficient ranking to participate, received an invitation from the organization.
2024-01-21 13:56:12
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