Vienna
De Minaur notches three hundredth profession win in quick Vienna begin
Australian sinks dwelling hope Rodionov, Bublik eases into R2
October 20, 2025
ATP Tour
Alex de Minaur is the second man born in 1999 or later to file 300 tour-level wins.
By Andy West
Alex de Minaur kick-started his 2025 title bid on the Erste Bank Open with a milestone Monday victory in opposition to dwelling favorite Jurij Rodionov.
The third-seeded Australian brushed apart wild card Rodionov 6-4, 6-1 on the indoor ATP 500 to say his three hundredth tour-level win. De Minaur, who has now earned a Tour-leading 38 hard-court victories this season, is simply the second man born in 1999 or later to hit the 300 tally, after World No. 2 Jannik Sinner.
“It’s fairly cool. You undergo this sport, by means of your profession, and also you don’t actually get time or many choices to essentially let one thing sink in,” mentioned De Minaur. “That is a type of issues that could be a fairly cool second, to get to 300. Clearly, it appears what has been a protracted profession and I’ve loved these 300 wins.”
De Minaur raced to the milestone in type in opposition to World No. 154 Rodionov, who competed properly within the first set however crucially let slip two break factors within the fifth recreation. The Austrian turned more and more erratic together with his groundstrokes within the second and De Minaur finally eased to an 80-minute victory contained in the Wiener Stadthalle.
Subsequent up for De Minaur within the Austrian capital is a second-round assembly with Camilo Ugo Carabelli or one other dwelling wild card, Filip Misolic. The Australian stays on monitor to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals for the second consecutive yr: De Minaur is at present seventh within the PIF ATP Reside Race To Turin, simply 125 factors shy of sixth-placed Ben Shelton.
Eighth seed Alexander Bublik additionally had little hassle advancing to the second spherical in Vienna. In response to Infosys ATP Stats, the Kazakhstani struck 12 aces and gained 91 per cent (31/34) of factors behind his first serve in his 6-4, 6-4 triumph in opposition to Alejandro Tabilo. After successful his maiden Lexus ATP Head2Head conflict with Tabilo in simply 68 minutes, the World No. 16 Bublik will play Francisco Cerundolo or Alex Michelsen for a quarter-final spot.
In different Monday motion, Brandon Nakashima defeated Luciano Darderi 6-2, 7-5 to set a gathering with fifth seed Karen Khachanov or Tallon Griekspoor, whereas Matteo Arnaldi eased previous Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-5, 6-4. Italy’s Arnaldi will play second seed and former champion Alexander Zverev or Jacob Fearnley within the second spherical.
