The final of the ATP 250 in ‘s-Hertogenbosch goes to Alex de Minaur. After a week made complicated by the heavy rain that fell in Brabant, the Australian won his second grass court title (the other being Eastbourne in 2021) in his career by beating the American Sebastian Korda 6-2 6-4.
The first set looks more like an absolute domination by de Minaur especially by virtue of what happens from the middle onwards. In the first part, in fact, Korda holds well and, even without the advantages ever being necessary, several games still have the trappings of a fight. From 2-2 onwards, however, comes the turning point of the partial, with four consecutive games by de Minaur and a partial of 12 points to 2 which completely and incontrovertibly defines the outcome of the issue.
The second set would seem to be moving towards a very similar script, if only because the Australian, at the fourth break point, manages to extend the number of consecutive games up to six. A moment of flashback by Korda, which is worth the counterbreak, is worth the rebalancing, but everything starts to happen from 3-2 onwards: de Minaur break at the third chance, four missed opportunities by the American at 4-2, two match points not exploited by the Aussie at 5-2 and service lost at 15 at 5-3. At the change of ends, however, the USA called a medical time out due to a problem with his right foot. Having recovered, however, he is unable to complete the work with de Minaur who, on the fourth chance, manages to archive the match and the ninth title of his career.
With this success, the Sydney native moves into number 7 in the ATP rankings, with the prospect of being able to stabilize quite easily in the top 10 in the near future. It is essential for the Australian to maintain a percentage of points won with the first of 77%, compared to 55% for Korda.
