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De Minaur reaches Vienna semi-final to face Zverev
Australian Alex de Minaur beat Matteo Berrettini 7-6, 6-2 in Vienna to reach the semi-finals of the Erste Bank Open.
The win was his 350th tour-level victory and set up a match with Germany’s Alexander Zverev.
Zverev beat Britain’s Arthur Fery 6-0, 6-2 and entered the semi-final in strong form.
He had also beaten de Minaur in Shanghai, while de Minaur won their recent Laver Cup meeting.
A place in the Vienna final is at stake for both players.
De Minaur is also trying to qualify for the ATP Finals, the season-ending men’s championship, and a win would put him back in the last qualifying spot.
The winner will face the winner of the other semi-final between Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev.
Alex de Minaur beat Matteo Berrettini in straight sets to reach the Vienna Open semi-final.
The Australian won 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 in the quarter-final on Friday.
He will face Alexander Zverev in the semi-final on Saturday.
De Minaur’s win was his 350th tour-level victory and his third consecutive Vienna semi-final.
Beating Zverev would put de Minaur in the last qualifying spot for the ATP Finals, with the Paris Masters still to come.
- Who
- Alex de Minaur beat Matteo Berrettini and will face Alexander Zverev.
- What
- De Minaur won in straight sets to reach the Vienna Open semi-final.
- When
- He beat Berrettini on Friday, 30 October 2026; the semi-final was scheduled for Saturday.
- Where
- The Vienna Open, at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna.
- Why
- The win advanced de Minaur to the semi-final and kept his bid to qualify for the ATP Finals in contention.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
De Minaur beat Berrettini 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 in the Vienna Open quarter-final.
Zverev beat Arthur Fery 6-0, 6-2 to reach the semi-final.
De Minaur and Zverev were scheduled to meet in the Vienna semi-final.
- Quarter-final score
- De Minaur beat Berrettini 7-6 (7-4), 6-2
- Career milestone
- 350th tour-level win for de Minaur
- Semi-final opponent
- Alexander Zverev
- De Minaur’s ranking
- World No 10
- ATP Finals qualification
- A win over Zverev would move de Minaur into the eighth and last qualifying spot
- Zverev’s quarter-final
- Beat Arthur Fery 6-0, 6-2
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