ATP Antalya: De Minaur in the final against Bublik
Alex de Minaur and Alexander Bublik contest the final of the ATP Tour 250 tournament in Antalya. Both finalists had to go over three sets in the semifinals.
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last edit: Jan 12, 2021, 03:02 pm
De Minaur eliminated David Goffin in the first semi-final. The Australian needed a total of 112 minutes of play for the 6: 4, 3: 6 and 6: 2. "After losing the second set, I had to regroup and go back to my match schedule and my strengths," de Minaur is quoted on the ATP website. "I won some tough rallies in the third set and that definitely helped me."
In the final there is now the first meeting with Alexander Bublik. The Kazakh had to go three sets against Jeremy Chardy and finally won 6: 4, 6: 7 (5) and 6: 3. In the previous rounds, Chardy had won against Fabio Fognini and Jan-Lennard Struff in the tie-break of the third round.
In doubles, the winners have already been determined: Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic won their first joint tournament as a permanent couple. The two Croatians defeated Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek 6: 2 and 6: 4.