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Alex de Minaur continues his strong start to the 2025 season, as he was into the final of Rotterdam – which is an ATP 500-level event.
Regardless of the outcome, he moves up two spots to tie his career high of No. 6 – dropping Novak Djokovic down to No. 7 and Daniil Medvedev down to No. 8.
But he was up against No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz, who’s beaten him twice although the last time was on grass a year and a half ago. They’ve never played on hard court.
De Minaur made the final a year ago, when it was a week later, so those points will drop right off again. Still … He took Alcaraz to three, but the Spaniard won his first career indoor hard-court tournament.
In Dallas, Casper Ruud struggled, but made it to his first final on hard court since last year, looking for just his second hard-court title ever. He played Denis Shapovalov, who had a FLIER of a week and won the biggest title of his career.
(Rotterdam is 6 hours ahead of ET; Dallas is one hour behind).
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ABM AMRO Open
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Feb. 3 – 9, 2025
Prize Money: €2,563,150
Draws: S32 – D16
Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025
Final results
Singles final
[1] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) def [3] Alex de Minaur (AUS) 64 36 62
Doubles final
[3] Simone Bolelli / Andrea Vavassori (ITA) def Sander Gille (BEL) / Jan Zielinski (POL) 62 46 [10-6]
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Dallas Open
Location: Dallas, Texas
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Feb. 3 – 9, 2025
Prize Money: $2,760,000
Draws: S32 – D16
Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025
Final results
Singles final
Denis Shapovalov (CAN) def [2] Casper Ruud (NOR) 76 (5) 63
Doubles final
[Q] Christian Harrison / Evan King (USA) def Ariel Behar (ECU) / Robert Galloway (USA) 76 (4) 76 (4)
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