Alex De Minaur ousts Giron in the 1st round to play vs Virtanen at the U.S. Open. HIGHLIGHTS – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

Alex De Minaur beats Marcos Giron 6-3 6-4 5-7 6-4 in the 1^st round in New York on Tuesday. De Minaur will play against Otto Virtanen in the 2^nd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 30 minutes. His most significant achievement in this event was reaching the quarter in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

De Minaur added to his prize money $ 40,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 140,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alex will add $ 75,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 215,000 in total.

Highlights Alex De Minaur vs. Marcos Giron U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, the Australian scored 147 points vs. the American’s 130.

De Minaur

De Minaur won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 43% (6/14) of the procured opportunities.

Giron

On the other side, the American was not so effective in converting his break points (only 31% – 4/13). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between De Minaur and Giron is 2-3 for Marcos.

Draw and next match H2H: Alex De Minaur vs. Otto Virtanen – stats

De Minaur will square off with Virtanen in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Alex De Minaur and Otto Virtanen since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

 

Live score progression and stats

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that De Minaur snatched in the 4^th game (3-1) before finally winning the set (6-3).

De Minaur was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4^th game (2-1 0-40). On the other side, Marcos wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5^th game (1-3 30-40).

They contested 56 points. Alex was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Giron (31-25). Alex lost 11 points on serve (21-11). On the losing side, Marcos conceded 10 points on serve (14-10).

Similarly to the 1^st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Australian grabbed in the 9^th game (5-4) before eventually conquering the set (6-4).

The Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9^th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, Giron wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8^th game (4-3 30-40).

They contested 58 points. De Minaur won 6 more points than the American (32-26). Alex conceded 7 points on serve (21-7). On the losing side, the American conceded 11 points on serve (19-11).

De Minaur started the set in the best possible way after breaking Marcos Giron in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, Marcos refused to bow to come back to break De Minaur 4 times in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 4^th (2-2), in the 6^th (4-2) gamein the 12^th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

The American was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2^nd (1-1 40-A), the 4^th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 6^th (3-2 15-40) and the 12^th game (6-5 0-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Australian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1^st (0-0 0-40), the 3^rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 5^th (2-2 30-40), the 7^th (2-4 30-40) and the 9^th game (4-4 30-40).

They contested 71 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Marcos won just 3 points more than De Minaur (37-34). Marcos dropped 20 points on serve (19-20). On the losing side, the Australian conceded 18 points on serve (14-18).

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Australian grabbed in the 9^th game (5-4) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-4).

The Australian converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 40-A), the 3^rd (1-1 30-40), the 7^th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9^th game (4-4 0-40). On the other side, Marcos was unable to convert any of his 6 break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-1 40-A) and the 4^th game (2-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 92 points. The Australian conquered the set after winning 8 more points than the American (50-42). The Australian conceded 17 points on serve (30-17). In addition, on the other side, Giron conceded 20 points on serve (25-20).

Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open

• Mattia Bellucci – Stan Wawrinka (6-4 7-6⁵ 6-3)
• Jordan Thompson – Constant Lestienne (6-1 6-3 6-2)
• Jakub Mensik – Felix Auger-Aliassime (6-2 6-4 6-2)
• Alex De Minaur – Marcos Giron (6-3 6-4 5-7 6-4)
• Matteo Arnaldi – Zachary Svajda (6-3 6-2 6-1)
• Tristan Schoolkate – Taro Daniel (4-6 4-6 6-4 7-6⁶ 6-4)
• Thanasi Kokkinakis – Stefanos Tsitsipas (7-6⁵ 4-6 6-3 7-5)
• Sebastian Korda – Corentin Moutet (7-6³ 6-1 6-0)
• Max Purcell – Aleksandar Vukic (7-5 6-4 6-3)
• Nuno Borges – Federico Coria (6-2 6-4 6-1)
• Daniil Medvedev – Dusan Lajovic (6-3 3-6 6-3 6-1)
• Mariano Navone – Daniel Altmaier (1-6 6-2 6-4 6-1)
• Roman Safiullin – Matthew Forbes (6-4 7-6² 6-2)
• Tommy Paul – Lorenzo Sonego (6-4 6-2 5-7 6-2)
• Facundo Diaz Acosta – Hugo Gaston (6-1 6-4 6-2)
• Adrian Mannarino – Borna Coric (7-5 6-2 6-3)
• Tomas Machac – Fabio Fognini (7-5 6-1 6-3)
• David Goffin – Alejandro Tabilo (7-6⁷ 6-1 7-5)
• Zizou Bergs – Pavel Kotov (6-2 4-6 6-2 3-6 7-6⁷)
• Christopher O Connell – Nicolas Jarry (6-4 6-3 4-6 6-3)
• Alex Michelsen – Eliot Spizzirri (6-1 7-5 6-3)
• Hubert Hurkacz – Timofey Skatov (6-3 7-6⁴ 7-6³)
• Daniel Evans – Karen Khachanov (6-7⁶ 7-6² 7-6⁴ 4-6 6-4)
• Flavio Cobolli – James Duckworth (6-1 4-6 6-4 6-4)
• Botic Van De Zandschulp – Denis Shapovalov (6-4 7-5 6-4)
• Jack Draper – Zhizhen Zhang (6-3 6-0 4-0 ret.)
• Carlos Alcaraz – Li Tu (6-2 4-6 6-3 6-1)
• Jannik Sinner – Mackenzie Mcdonald (2-6 6-2 6-1 6-2)
• Fabian Marozsan – Hamad Medjedovic (2-6 6-1 3-6 6-1 6-4)
• Gabriel Diallo – Jaume Antoni Munar Clar (6-4 3-6 6-3 7-5)
• Otto Virtanen – Quentin Halys (6-3 6-3 6-7⁴ 6-2)
• Arthur Fils – Learner Tien (6-4 3-6 6-1 6-2)
• Alexander Zverev – Maximilian Marterer (6-2 6-7⁵ 6-3 6-2)
• Matteo Berrettini – Albert Ramos-Vinolas (7-6² 6-2 6-3)
• Juncheng Shang – Alexander Bublik (6-4 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-4)
• Arthur Cazaux – Pablo Carreno-Busta (6-1 6-3 6-3)
• Francisco Comesana – Dominic Stricker (4-6 6-3 7-6⁴ 6-3)
• Miomir Kecmanovic – Yoshihito Nishioka (7-6² 2-6 5-7 7-5 1-0 ret.)
• Frances Tiafoe – Aleksandar Kovacevic (6-4 6-3 4-6 7-5)
• Sebastian Baez – Luciano Darderi (6-4 6-7³ 6-0 7-6⁴)
• Pedro Martinez Portero – Maks Kasnikowski (6-7⁶ 6-1 6-2 3-6 7-6⁶)
• Alexander Shevchenko – Dominik Koepfer (6-3 7-5 5-7 6-2)
• Grigor Dimitrov – Kyrian Jacquet (6-3 6-4 6-2)
• Andrey Rublev – Thiago Seyboth Wild (6-3 7-6³ 7-5)
• Tallon Griekspoor – Sumit Nagal (6-1 6-3 7-6⁶)
• Ugo Humbert – Thiago Moura Monteiro (6-3 6-4 6-4)
• Gael Monfils – Diego Schwartzman (6-7² 6-2 6-2 6-1)
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry – Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (6-4 6-2 6-3)
• Alexei Popyrin – Soon-Woo Kwon (7-5 6-2 6-3)
• Taylor Fritz – Camilo Ugo Carabelli (7-5 6-1 6-2)
• Ben Shelton – Dominic Thiem (6-4 6-2 6-2)
• Roberto Carballes Baena – Jan Choinski (6-2 6-3 5-7 6-7⁵ 6-3)
• Arthur Rinderknech – Christopher Eubanks (6-4 4-6 3-6 6-3 7-6⁸)
• Francisco Cerundolo – Sebastian Ofner (5-7 6-4 6-4 6-2)
• Novak Djokovic – Radu Albot (6-2 6-2 6-4)
• Rinky Hijikata – Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (7-6¹ 3-6 6-4 6-3)
• Alexandre Muller – Adam Walton (3-6 7-6⁷ 6-3 6-4)
• Mitchell Krueger – Hugo Grenier (4-6 6-3 6-4 7-5)
• Roberto Bautista Agut – Luca Nardi (7-5 7-6³ 7-6⁵)
• Laslo Djere – Jan-Lennard Struff (6-7⁷ 6-1 6-7⁷ 6-4 6-2)
• Brandon Nakashima – Holger Rune (6-2 6-1 6-4)
• Lorenzo Musetti – Reilly Opelka (7-6³ 1-6 6-1 7-5)
• Casper Ruud – Bu Yunchaokete (7-6² 6-2 6-2)
• Jiri Lehecka – Marton Fucsovics (1-6 6-4 6-3 3-0 ret.)

Upcoming matches

• David Goffin – Adrian Mannarino (5-3) – H2H details and stats
• Thanasi Kokkinakis – Nuno Borges (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Jordan Thompson – Hubert Hurkacz (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Max Purcell – Tommy Paul (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Andrey Rublev – Jiri Lehecka (2-2) – H2H details and stats
• Casper Ruud –  (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Tallon Griekspoor – Grigor Dimitrov (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Alexei Popyrin – Novak Djokovic (0-3) – H2H details and stats
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry – Alexander Zverev (0-1) – H2H details and stats
• Alex De Minaur – Otto Virtanen (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Jannik Sinner –  (1-0) – H2H details and stats
• Fabian Marozsan – Daniil Medvedev (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Brandon Nakashima – Lorenzo Musetti (0-1) – H2H details and stats
• Tomas Machac – Sebastian Korda (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Francisco Comesana – Taylor Harry Fritz (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Facundo Diaz Acosta – Jack Draper (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Mariano Navone – Daniel Evans (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Flavio Cobolli – Zizou Bergs (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Tristan Schoolkate –  (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Carlos Alcaraz Garfia – Botic Van De Zandschulp (2-0) – H2H details and stats