Australian Alex de Minaur, 18th in the world, swept 37th-placed Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich in straight sets Saturday 6-1 6-3 to advance to the Masters 1000 final in Toronto.
De Minaur, winner of the Russian Daniil Medvedev, world No.3, in the previous round, left no chance to his opponent thanks to a formidable forehand.
Very well entered in this semi-final and precise on his service, De Minaur managed to take the face-off from his opponent twice in the first set, allowing him to conclude after 31 minutes of play (6-1).
The second set was much more disjointed, each player having all the difficulties to ensure his face-off. De Minaur won on his opponent’s serve, after having broken him five times in the 2nd set.
The three breaks from Davidovich, who could have benefited from a little more clumsiness from the Australian, did not change the face of a one-sided meeting, allowing De Minaur to win 6-3 and win in 1 h 18 min.
The 24-year-old Australian, who was playing his first Masters 1000 semi-final, will try to win an eighth title on the ATP circuit, the most important of his career.
He will face the winner of the other semi-final on Sunday between the Italian Jannik Sinner, 8th player in the world, and the American Tommy Paul, 14th player in the world, sensational scorer of the Spaniard and world number 1 Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals .
