{"id":40568,"date":"2025-04-12T08:42:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T08:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40568"},"modified":"2025-04-12T08:42:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T08:42:47","slug":"a-feat-of-dominance-rafael-nadal-never-achieved-in-his-career-alex-de-minaur-does-the-unthinkable-at-monte-carlo-vs-grigor-dimitrov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=40568","title":{"rendered":"A feat of dominance Rafael Nadal never achieved in his career: Alex de Minaur does the unthinkable at Monte-Carlo vs Grigor Dimitrov"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alex de Minaur recently achieved a feat that even Rafael Nadal, a clay court legend, had never accomplished. De Minaur achieved this against Grigor Dimitrov at the 2025 Monte-Carlo Masters.<\/p>\n

De Minaur is seeded eighth at the ATP Masters 1000 clay court event in Monaco and he began his campaign in the second round after receiving a first-round bye. He defeated Tomas Machac 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 and ninth seed Daniil Medvedev with a score of 6-2, 6-2 in the second and third rounds, respectively.<\/p>\n

In the quarterfinals, Alex de Minaur overcame 15th seed Grigor Dimitrov with a flawless 6-0, 6-0 victory in just 44 minutes. This victory marked De Minaur’s first double bagel on clay, a feat that even\u00a0Rafael Nadal\u00a0had not achieved in his career.<\/p>\n

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