In the early hours of this morning, in the semifinals of the ATP 500 Rotterdam station, the Spanish all-round fighter Alcaraz was stubbornly resisted by the Polish master Hurkacz, defeated his opponent with difficulty, and entered the final as he wished. At 10:30 tonight, the two top 10 players in the world will compete for the final title, and how will the world No. 3 Alcaraz submit the world No. 8 and Australian hare De Minal?

Born in February 1999, De Minaur is 1.83 meters tall and is considered a relatively short player in men's tennis, but he runs aggressively and fights tenaciously, gradually breaking through the world on the tour and earning the reputation of the Australian hare. De Minaur, who turned professional in 2017, won the second place in the ATP 500 in Washington in 2018, and the world ranking soared from 208 at the beginning of the year to 31, winning the ATP Rookie of the Year award, becoming a rising star in men's tennis.

In the 2019 season, De Minaur won his first career title at ATP 250 Sydney in Australia, and reached 18th in the world rankings at the end of the year. In the 2020-2022 season, De Minaur encountered a career bottleneck, although he occasionally had a brilliant record in the quarterfinals of the 2020 US Open, but his overall performance was average, and the world ranking did not advance but retreated, hovering around 30. In the 2023 season, De Minaur finally improved, reaching the final of the Masters (Rogers Cup Canada) for the first time in his career, and was ranked 12th in the world at the end of the year, setting a new career high.

In 2024, De Minard will have a major breakthrough in his career. On January 8, De Minaur entered the top 10 of the world rankings for the first time. He reached the quarterfinals of the French Open and Wimbledon in a row, and entered the ATP Turin Finals for the first time. Although De Minard lost all three of his group games in the year-end finals, he still ended his 2024 season as world ninth.

Heading into the 2025 season, De Minaur continues to improve. first reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, becoming another post-95 player in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam, and then won four consecutive matches at the ATP 500 Rotterdam station and reached the final, reaching a new high in the world rankings, reaching a high of sixth in the world. With such a tenacious and in-form Australian hare De Minard, what kind of challenge will he bring to the Spanish all-round fighter Alcaraz in the final of tonight's Rotterdam tournament?

Alcaraz has only played De Minard twice in his career so far. In the 2022 ATP 500 Barcelona semifinals and the 2023 ATP 500 London Queen's Cup final, Alcaraz defeated De Minard twice in a row. But in the 2024 season, when De Minaur made a major breakthrough in his career, the two were close and did not face each other. Now, De Minaur is in fine form and will be looking to challenge Alcaraz for his third career ATP 500 title.

Alcaraz, who has already untied the knot, must not be careless and drop the chain. In the semifinals in the early hours of this morning, Alcaraz entered the first set slowly, and was broken by Hurkacz to lead 4:1, and even suffered three consecutive break points in the sixth game, and the situation was critical! Fortunately, Alcaraz reined in the precipice, won five games in a row, but took the lead and occupied the commanding heights. In the second set tie-break, Alcaraz took the lead in the mini break and led his opponent 5:4, as long as he successfully won his two service points, he could end the game in two sets. Unexpectedly, Alcaraz dropped the chain at a critical moment, and even lost three points in a row, but lost the second set. Entering the deciding set, Alcaraz concentrated and gave his all out, did not give Hurkacz any more chances, defeated his opponent 6-3, and won all four matches against Hurkacz in his career.

At 10:30 tonight, in the final of the ATP 500 Rotterdam station, Alcaraz must sum up the lessons and learn from it, and patiently maneuver with De Minar, who is good at running all over the court and has an airtight defense, to create fighters and play a triumphant song!(Source: Tennis Home Author: Colorful Bean Powder)