2024 winner De Minaur overpowers Mannarino to return to Den Bosch final

[p]The 37-year-old [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mannarino-adrian/fLOdtByM/"]Mannarino[/a], who has won more matches on grass than any other Frenchman, pushed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-minaur-alex/EZgZ9Xfh/"]De Minaur[/a] hard but ran out of steam against the pace and consistency of the world number six.[/p][p][b]"Super tough... I'm super happy. I found a way after a very tricky start,"[/b] said De Minaur.[/p][p][b]"I knew that I wasn't safe until the last point. I kept that intensity and focus and it made it worth it in the end," [/b]he added.[/p][p]It was the Frenchman who started the stronger, breaking De Minaur's first service game and racing into a 3-0 lead, capitalising on some uncharacteristic errors from the Australian.[/p][embed guid="04685eee-c85a-454d-b648-a39d704def9a" url="https://x.com/atptour/status/2065800002157388065?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Falling behind seemed to galvanise the younger man, who won his next service game to love and broke back immediately after a costly double fault by Mannarino.[/p][p]Mannarino delighted the crowd with an extraordinary behind-the-back shot that helped him win another break of serve, but again he failed to consolidate his advantage, pushing a backhand long to give up a break of his own.[/p][p]The turning point of the first set came at 4-4 when De Minaur showed off his trademark speed to recover a delightful crosscourt drop shot, winning another break of serve and giving himself the chance to serve for the set.[/p][p]The Australian converted at the first time of asking, helped by two timely aces, to take a competitive first set 6-4.[/p][embed guid="c717a1ed-8325-43b2-8c21-99279b89fd96" url="https://x.com/TennisTV/status/2065807823359926563?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Losing the set seemed to knock the stuffing out of Mannarino, who was broken in his two opening service games, showing his frustration by smashing a ball into the crowd.[/p][p]A third service break followed and De Minaur completed the "bagel" 6-0 set, wrapping up the match in one hour 20 minutes.[/p][p]De Minaur, hoping to repeat his 2024 championship win here, is the top seed left in the draw after the shock defeat on Friday of world number four, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/auger-aliassime-felix/CzXh4LAb/"]Felix Auger-Aliassime[/a].[/p][p]The Canadian lost 6-4, 6-3 to Poland's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/majchrzak-kamil/fPZlNrGS/"]Kamil Majchrzak[/a], who plays Russia's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/medvedev-daniil/O8qG0Nhb/"]Daniil Medvedev[/a] in Saturday's other semi-final.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/de-minaur-a-EZgZ9Xfh/mannarino-a-fLOdtByM/?mid=0Ixb8csQ"]Check out the full match statistics on Flashscore[/a][/b][/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="8b01c435-145f-4aac-b8fe-87afe4d19d27" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="4d61dd1a-80e2-432f-accf-9de255f6fdfe" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /]