By Richard Pagliaro | Thursday, November 13, 2025
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Inalpi Arena was the stripped house of Alex de Minaur.
At the WINELLE E ANTALS Finals Malls Matches, de Minaur openly admitted that those pains were close to killing his competitive spirit.
Today, the cut de minaur kills the demons of doubt and knocked Taylor fritz in Turin with a strong wind of 7-6 (3), 6-3.
It’s a controversial 48 case for De Minaur, who failed to complete the match against Lorenzo Musett in a gut-wrenching 7-5, 3-6 7-5 loss after holding a 5-3, 30-15 lead on Tuesday night.
That devastating defeat sent the feisty Aussie to dark places causing De Minaur to say “it’s getting to the point where it’s killing me.”
Today, this man called Demon Demon showed renewed life after the death of a robin nearby. De Minaur raised his 2025 record to 56-23, including an ATP-Best mark of 43-16 on hard courts.
Alex de Minaur, that’s clutch 🙌
7-6 6-3 Win over Fritz keeps his #Nittoatpfinals The Dream Lives! pic.twitter.com/gqszjmwqu5
– Tennis TV (@tennistv) November 13, 2025
“Obviously you’re coming from a bubble a few days ago, I came into this match today with my own tricks,” Minaur Channel’s Prakash Amritraj said afterwards. “I always lived and died by the sword. I played my kind of tennis, my way of the game and I knew it was the only way.
“I’m glad that I was able to get a good reinforcement of a long year and a lot of difficulties in this particular tournament.”
Talk about remarkable resilience: It’s the first ATP Finals Match Win to keep his semifinal hopes alive.
If the top Carlos Seed Carlaraz, already getting his semifinal spot in the Jimmy Conners team, beat the Italian lorenzo later today ALNAUR TULL JUNUNK SINNER FOR FREE. De Minaur was joining Hall of Famers John Newcobe and Lleyton Hewitt, his Davis Cup captain, as the third Aussie Semifinal captain in ATP Finals History.
If the ninth masetti endures Alcaraz, then the last person to qualify for these ATP structures will advance to the semifinals that gave Italy the last two in the history of the ATP Finals.
Turning his shoulders into his gun, De Minaur took out one of Fritz’s biggest sports servers. De Minaur won the first 30 points serving first, faced only one point and met with love-30 down in the last game with the power to end with the power of ace, comb-and-volley and serve winners.
When pressure and self-doubt came to haunt the demon in that final match, the gritty Aussie counterpuncher bravely knocked out those who crossed their lines with a knockout finish.
“It’s probably one of the darkest moments of my career, that’s for sure,” Minaur said. “Some people might think I’m losing it but you know there’s a lot going on in my head.
“I’m a perfectionist. I ask a lot of myself and sometimes that’s one of my biggest areas. So it’s just a good moment, I just forgot about this beautiful thing about tennis.”
Spare the thought of Fritz, who looked physically fried after falling to Alcaraz 6-7 (2), 7-5, 6-3 in a penalty of two hours, Marathon 48 minutes on Tuesday. After that list, Fritz admitted Tandinitis left his cranky knee feeling “completely cooked.”
Facing one of the fastest sportsmen in De Minaur was not exactly a panacea for knee pain. The hitting demon repeatedly made 6’4″ Fritz Bend lin lise to scrape Calf-High Shots off the Courf
This loss eliminates Fritz at 2024 Fritz from contention and puts the American Yound-End-End Now Nod.
Knowing that he needed straight sets to win, de Minaur began a quick exploit to exploit three fritz mistakes to break 2-1. De Minaur made it 30-1 at 3-1 at the break.
Slowly finding its range, Fritz sent a jolting comeback with a break in the middle of 15 and screamed a run that saw him win nine points from 3-all.
Facing Break Point at 5-all, Fritz dropped an ace wide. That big hit helped him grab 6-5.
When De Minaurs slid a flat flare and crossed the line, he forced a timebreak.
In a decorative gesture, Fritz sailed away and said goodbye to the mini break with the first point. Fritz’s previous eros failed him in the hole – he made 10 previous eros in the set.
Working with more confidence than the American, De Minaurur transferred the advance of the minibreak at 4-1 and created the winner before the crosscount winner for a 6-1 lead and a set point.
On his third set point, De Minaur pointed the center line with a finder to get one set back after 56 physical minutes of play. De Minaur was more effective than FRITZ in the first set, winning the first serve point.
Empowered, De Minaur pressed his advantage roaring with 12 points in the first set of the second set, including a backhand backhand that hit the break line at love in the second game.
Fritz was held at 1-3, but De Minaurt sent back a serve-and-volley to hold at 15 for 4-1.
Working 2-5, Fritz was Cornering Corner to Corner As de Minaur Won Won arralling 22-Shot Rally with the smash point of the game. Digging in, Fritz showed some defensive devices as he dropped the Aussie’s volley and shot a backhand down the line. That sequence helped Fritz come back and grab 3-5 which put the de minaurs back in the same position they were in when they beat Mumetti on Tuesday.
Until Match Point ends…
humor, @Taylor_fritz97#Nittoatpfinals pic.twitterster.com/evyxnlwwqk
– Tennis TV (@tennistv) November 13, 2025
When De Minaur retreated from love – 30 working with the game, he almost quoted late, Chris Chris Cornell sings “I fell in the dark days” as the sounds and sounds threatened to be moved by the Aussie again.
This time, De Minaur blocked the pressure. Snipping an ace off the bonders followed by a Work-Volley Play brought the Aussie even. De Minaur was driven wide and served a second game point.
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Tying the Final one down the tee to end it in one hour, 34 minutes, De Minaur turned Tuesday’s house into his next team and ATP Finals victory.
