{"id":372142,"date":"2024-03-02T08:38:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T09:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=372142"},"modified":"2024-03-02T13:03:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T13:03:16","slug":"rival-calls-it-quits-early-to-seal-demons-11-year-feat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=372142","title":{"rendered":"Rival calls it quits early to seal Demon's 11-year feat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Defending champion Alex de Minaur<\/a> advanced to the final of the Mexican Open<\/a> when Jack Draper retired in the third set.<\/p>\n

The third-seeded Australian won the first set 6-3, dropped the second 6-2 and was leading 4-0 in the third when Draper, who was visibly diminished physically, called it quits.<\/p>\n

De Minaur will face Casper Ruud<\/a>, who pulled off an upset by beating second-seeded Holger Rune 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the late match.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI'm happy to be in the final, but I'm hoping that Jack is doing fine. He has a tremendous talent and hopefully he can recover for the upcoming tournaments,\u201d de Minaur said. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt's hard to play when your opponent is not OK physically, but you need to remain focused.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The 25-year-old de Minaur won his ninth straight match in Mexico and became the first defending champion to reach the Acapulco final since David Ferrer in 2013.<\/p>\n

De Minaur has seven career ATP titles, with last year at Acapulco his most recent<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Draper, from England, was playing in his first semi-final of an ATP 500 tournament.<\/p>\n

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Later, in the other semi-finals, Ruud lost the first set and then was down 3-1 in the third with Rune serving, but he managed a couple of breaks and hold his serve to take the win.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did not get the best start, and the third set looked really bad, I just tried to stay in there and it seemed like Holger was struggling and at the end it worked for me," Ruud said.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old Norwegian will try to win his 10th career title, the first one on a ATP 500.<\/p>\n

Rune, who is the seventh player on the ATP rankings, lost in the Acapulco semifinals for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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