Alex De Minaur after clinching the ATP Acapulco title (Credit: AFP)
World quantity 9 de Minaur, a two-time winner additionally at Atlanta, dispatched eleventh-ranked Ruud after one hour and 57 minutes, bettering to 2-0 in opposition to his European foe after profitable their solely prior assembly on the 2019 ATP NextGen Finals.
Australia’s Alex de Minaur received his second consecutive ATP Mexican Open title on Saturday, defeating Norway’s Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-4 within the ultimate at Acapulco.
The 25-12 months-previous from Sydney captured his eighth profession ATP title after dropping 4 straight finals since downing American Tommy Paul in final 12 months’s ultimate, the newest final month at Rotterdam.
25yo Alex De Minaur beats Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-4 to defend his Acapulco ATP 500 title and keep on high 10.Becomes the 4th participant to defend a title on this occasion, 1st since Ferrer in 2012.
Having a implausible season (high 5 within the Race). His forehand obtained SO MUCH higher! pic.twitter.com/KEcJV1AWLx
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) March 3, 2024
World quantity 9 de Minaur, a two-time winner additionally at Atlanta, dispatched eleventh-ranked Ruud after one hour and 57 minutes, bettering to 2-0 in opposition to his European foe after profitable their solely prior assembly on the 2019 ATP NextGen Finals.
Ruud, a two-time French Open runner-up and the 2022 US Open runner-up, missed out on his eleventh ATP title for the second week in a row after dropping final week’s ultimate at Los Cabos to one other Aussie, Jordan Thompson.
Ruud’s most up-to-date ATP crown got here final April at Estoril.
The gamers exchanged reward after the match, Ruud telling de Minaur: “Fantastic playing all week. Too good today. Seems like you are enjoying Acapulco quite well. You did a great job.”
De Minaur replied, “Great stuff. It was hard work. Thank you for a great match.”
