In the quarterfinals of the “Mubadala DC Open” men’s singles, Alex De Minaur lost to the home player Brandon Nakashima (ATP-33) with a score of 6:7(5), 4:6.
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The defending champion from last year had a very unfortunate match against the lower-ranked American on the center court on Friday.
In the first set, the 27-year-old Australian failed to maintain the break advantage, and in the second set, he created break points in four different opponent’s service games but ended up with nothing.
A few weeks ago, A. De Minaur celebrated his wedding with British tennis player Katie Boulter and will not lose many positions in the rankings – he is currently projected to be in seventh place.
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Meanwhile, B. Nakashima reached the semifinals in Washington for the first time in his career, and overall, for the 24-year-old American, this will be his fifth semifinal at the ATP 500 level. So far, he has not managed to reach the final – he lost two semifinals in Acapulco and one at the Queen’s Club tournament.
The next opponent for the American tennis player will be the well-known compatriot Taylor Fritz (ATP-10), who has won three out of four head-to-head matches.
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