By Richard Pagliaro | Sunday, November 9, 2025
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Arriving in Turin off a sloppy paris defeat, Carlos Alcaraz He faced the prospect of breaking the bank.
At the bottom of the mini-break, alcaraz launched a laser line show to light up the open turin.
Alcaraz fired the winners on the line, they turned back Alex de Minaur 7-6 (5), 6-2 in the ATP Finals High Twever today.
The second Spaniard made a combination of 11 winners on the backhand overcame the sloppy decline of the food in the first place with a fiery finish. Alcaraz hit 32 winners – more demons than demons – and converted four seventh break points after De Minaur was two points from the start at 5-4 in the first Timebreaker.
“I was serving well, I was playing well, that 4-1 40 – like I couldn’t do it, it was important in the first set,” Alcaraz told Tennis Channel’s Prakash Amritraj. “After that, I was fighting a little. I think he increased his level and his game a little bit again, which I think was normal. He always tries to find solutions.
“At TieBreak, I just tried to stay strong mentally, stay strong to make my chances and opportunities. At that time I was able to enjoy more and I’m very happy that I was able to do it.”
On the flyer ✈️
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– Tennis TV (@tennistv) November 9, 2025
Victory begins Alcaraz’s quest to defend Turin Champion Jannik sin to hold him worldwide Now.
“I think the most important thing for me to come here at the end of the year is to feel good physically, to feel healthy, or to live as well as I can,” Alcaraz said. “I tried to focus on what I want to do better to play this tournament. I did the most important physical preparation, I focused a lot.”
Holding three breaks in the sixth game, Alcaraz was one point away from a 5-1 lead. De Minaur then scored his first serve when he denied all three points to break the deadlock at 2-4.
That stop combined with Alcaraz Gagging in the short story of the previous forehand – helped the Aussie break for the first time to get back into action at 3-4.
Aussi-with Aussie letters completely obliterated the text in the first place. De Minaur served his second ace of the match holding a love hold to force a timebreaker.
An impatient Alcaraz was driven down at times and De Minaur exploited the Spaniard’s impressive nature. De Minaur forced a short forehand and then recovered a mini break for a 5-3 tiebreakeaker lead as Alcaraz sailed away.
Working at 5-4, De Minaur was unable to break his first lead. Alcaraz threw down a superb jumping smash to level. When the aussie ate in advance, the alcaraz got a reservation. Alcaraz capped off a strong 62-minute set when De Minaur volleyed a long-range header.
A powered-up Alcaraz charged into a triple break fault to take the lead to start the second set. His ev ender, Alcaraz blasted a backhand strike to make it 1-0 after 68 minutes.
Although de Minaur got a break when Alcaraz took the home team out of two on the tap, the Aussie’s serve was attacked again in game three.
Entering the court, Alcaraz fired his second hand down the line and hit his second straight break for a second set lead.
This time, Alcaraz made the break stop with a love hold to make it 3-1.
Although De Minaur’s eagerness and quick first step are the two weapons that help him lead the ATP tour in the rough this year, Alcaraz provided a lethal dose of drive.
Burning a pair of backhand winners down the line – Alcaraz hit nine backhand wireners at that point – the Spaniard got another break point.
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A forehand break down the line gave Alcaraz a second game point. In, the Spaniard drilled a neat crosscourt backhand to close on 100 minutes.
