Alex de Minaur delivered a ruthless display to dispatch a badly out of sorts Grigor Dimitrov 6-0, 6-0 in a staggering Monte Carlo Masters quarter-final.
The 26-year-old Aussie needed only 44 minutes to book his spot in a maiden clay-court Masters 1000 semi-final.
In his on-court interview with Tennis TV, de Minaur was asked if he knew that this was his first-ever ‘double bagel’ win.
“I did know that, and in fact I know that the only time that I ever lost love and love (0-6, 0-6) myself was to Tommy Paul in the semi-finals of US Open Juniors. So yeah, it’s pretty crazy,” said the world No 10.
On being the first Australian man to reach the Monte Carlo semi-finals since John Alexander in 1979, de Minaur added: “It’s an amazing feeling. With the troubles I’ve had at the start of my career on this surface, I didn’t quite understand it, and how to play well on this surface.
“As the years have gone by I have grown to understand the things I can do well on this surface to be a tough opponent and I’m very happy that I’m playing better and better every year.”
As clinical and impressive as de Minaur was, it was a brutal outing for Dimitrov — with the world No 18 yet to reveal whether he was hampered by any physical ailments.
Here are the stats behind the incredibly lopsided contest — and they make for difficult reading from a Dimitrov perspective.
A piece of Masters 1000 history
The last eight clash marks the first time a Masters 1000 match at the quarter-final, semi-final or final stage has ended with a 6-0, 6-0 scoreline.
Dimitrov’s shocking winner to unforced error ratio
Dimitrov landed just one winner in the match, while a staggering 23 of the 63 points played ended with unforced errors from the 33-year-old Bulgarian’s racket.
De Minaur, meanwhile, made seven winners and eight unforced errors.
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No deuces
None of the 12 games went to deuce (40-40), with Dimitrov reaching 30 in just six games.
48 points to 15
De Minaur won an overwhelming 48 of the 63 points played (76%) as Dimitrov won 10 points in the first set and just five points in an astonishingly one-sided second set.
De Minaur’s dominant streak
The Australian’s quarter-final demolition came after he crushed Daniil Medvedev 6-2, 6-2 in the last 16 and won the second and third sets against Tomas Machac 6-0, 6-3 in the second round.
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