Alex de Minaur acknowledged that Carlos Alcaraz is a really troublesome opponent to deal with but in addition famous that he feels he’s a greater matchup for him than Jannik Sinner.
On Sunday, the Australian fell simply in need of touchdown his tenth ATP title and the primary one among this season after the Spaniard overcame him in three units 6-4 3-6 6-2 within the Rotterdam remaining.
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For the Spanish four-time Grand Slam champion, it was his third win in as many matches towards the world No. 8 – however two of these three wins got here in three units.
Earlier than shedding to Alcaraz, de Minaur’s final loss got here towards Sinner within the Australian Open quarterfinal, who thrashed him 6-3 6-2 6-1.
That win put the Italian 10-0 up of their head-to-head, with just one misplaced set in these 10 conferences.
De Minaur: I can rush Alcaraz, pin him and harm him
“When I play Carlos, we always have very tough battles. It’s just about these matches going my way,” the Australian acknowledged after the Rotterdam remaining.
“It’s definitely a better matchup for me – playing Carlos. I feel, in ways, I can rush him a little bit; I can pin him and hurt him, and make his life uncomfortable.
“However I haven’t actually managed to do this towards Jannik but, so tennis is all about matchups.”
After winning the second set to force a decider, de Minaur didn’t manage to complete a comeback after losing his serve in the sixth and eighth games of the third set.
“Lots of people within the tennis world know this. It’s the enjoyable factor about tennis that not as a result of one man is ranked at a sure degree and the opposite man is ranked at a sure degree, the upper ranked is at all times going to win,” the world No. 8 said.
After making this point clear, de Minaur added that he “fancied my possibilities towards Alcaraz nevertheless it did not go my approach.”
