{"id":503440,"date":"2026-05-25T11:28:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T11:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=503440"},"modified":"2026-05-25T23:27:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T23:27:46","slug":"de-minaur-sets-up-tricky-clash-after-ruthless-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=503440","title":{"rendered":"De Minaur sets up tricky clash after ruthless opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

A\ufefflex de Minaur<\/a> has progressed to the second round of the French Open<\/a> with a straight sets 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 win against Toby Samuel.<\/p>\n

With the temperature pushing over 30 degrees \ufeffin Paris during de Minaur's midday match, the Aussie had to battle home-like conditions to open his account.<\/p>\n

De Minaur dominated when it came to winners, hitting 27 to Samuel's 19. Samuel also had 40 unforced errors as opposed to the Aussie's 24.<\/p>\n

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\ufeffAt the net, de Minaur was ruthless too, winning 18 out of 19 points.<\/p>\n

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For 23-year-old Samuel it ends an inspiring run after he won three qualifier matches to progress to the first round. \ufeff<\/p>\n

De Minaur will now face 37th-ranked Belgian young gun Alexander Blockx in the second round\ufeff.<\/p>\n

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British commentator Colin Fleming said de Minaur's focus can't go past that match, when asked if he could reach the quarter-finals again like he did in 2024. \ufeff<\/p>\n

"Yeah if he can really find his form, his rhythm and get the confidence back where it can be, he's well capable," he said on Stan Sport's coverage.<\/p>\n

"But we've mentioned it before and we'll mention it again, he's got a really tough second round against Alexander Blockx so that's all he can focus on.\ufeff"<\/p>\n

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De Minaur didn't get past the second round at last year's French Open when he lost in five sets against Alexander Bublik.<\/p>\n

His previous encounter with Blockx was in April this year at the Monte-Carlo Masters. De Minaur won 7-5, 7-6(4).<\/p>\n

De Minaur was in action at the same time as other Aussie Emerson Jones, who was making her French Open debut.<\/p>\n

Jones unfortunately copped one of Iga Swiatek's most dominant performances on Court Philippe-Chatrier\ufeff with the Polish star winning 6-1, 6-2.<\/p>\n

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