Alexander Zverev, Alex de Minaur, and Jakub Mensik, all three in the race to make it to the season finale, strengthened their hopes of qualifying for the season-ender with crucial wins at the China Open in Beijing on Friday.
Australia's top singles player Alex de Minaur came up with a dominant performance in the Rotterdam Open, racing into the championship match of the ATP 500 event being played at the indoor hard court, winning in straight sets over qualifier Mattia Bellucci of Italy.
The Australian third seed delivered a clinical performance to dispatch Belgium’s David Goffin 6-2, 6-4, extending his unbeaten record against the former World No. 7 to 6-0 in their ATP head-to-head battles.
When the World No. 24 found out about the United Cup launching in Australia this summer, he didn't have to think twice about signing up.
Berrettini will now play fourth seed Alex de Minaur on Saturday.
Drawcards Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic make their debut on Saturday, for Spain in Perth and Serbia in Brisbane respectively.
Playing in front of his home crowd, the 38-year-old played attacking tennis against the 20-year-old, who was going for his fourth title of the season.
In front of his home crowd, 38-year-old Roger Federer played attacking tennis against the speedy 20-year-old Alex de Minaur, who was going for his fourth title of the season.
Spain's Rafael Nadal (2), after defeating Australia's Alex De Minaur (27) in the third round of the Australian Open here, said that tennis has skipped a few generations in Spain and it is probable that it will not be so successful in the coming years.
Reilly is an incredibly tough opponent and it's pretty hard to get that serve back. I would have loved to get that break in the second. I had a couple of chances.
