A Alex de Minaur showed all of his usual toughness to win a key match on Monday at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna
Machac, who was ranked No.71, had been performing well on hard courts before the match, defeating Corentin Moutet, Aleksandar Vukic, and Alexandre Muller in October.
 who is ranked 10th, beats Machac in a close match
As the 10th-ranked player in the world, de Minaur avoided a big upset that could have ruined his chances of making the eight-player Nitto ATP Finals at the end of the season.He was down 4-2 in the second set but quickly took control, winning the next four games and breaking Machac’s serve three times in the final set.
De Minaur manages to win after a tough battle in Vienna
Australia’s Alex De Minaur made it to the second round of the Vienna Open in Austria.He won his first match at the tournament, even though he looked like he might lose in the second set.
Machac, who was in the top 20 players last year, was hitting winners to the edges of the court and De Minaur didn’t seem to have a good response to his play.
The Czech player was just six points away from winning, and De Minaur’s chance to make the end-of-season ATP Finals was getting smaller as the possibility of an early exit in Vienna became more likely.
De Minaur comes back from being down 4-2 to surprise Machac.
Right now, De Minaur is in 10th place in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin.His chances of getting into the Nitto ATP Finals were in danger when Tomas Machac took a big lead in their first-round match in Austria, winning the first set 6-1 and leading the second 4-2.But De Minaur came back strongly to win the match 1-6, 6-4, 6-3.This win brings his total of ATP 500 matches won in 2026 to 18, which is the most on the Tour.
De Machac for his amazing skills.
He’s really, really good.There’s no other way to say it,” De Minaur said after thinking about Machac’s quick start.”Usually, you might say he doesn’t always play at that level, but he can.We’ve seen him do it before.He has the ability to hit the ball really hard, through everything.He wasn’t giving me any chance at all.
“The weather conditions were pretty tough, and I felt like he could just hit the ball strong and not miss much.
He made it really hard for me for most of the match.Honestly, I pushed through, found a way to get a key break when I needed it, and then suddenly the match turned around
De Minaur has won 9 out of his last 11 matches on hard courts.
Alex De Minaur overcame a tough start to beat Tomas Machac 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 in two hours during the first round of Vienna 2026.The Australian, who is ranked 10th, faced a lot of pressure early on but took control of the match on the hard court.
This win adds to De Minaur’s good form recently.
In his last 11 hard-court matches, he has won nine, including victories against Karen Khachanov, Andrey Rublev, and Alexander Zverev.His only losses on hard court in that period were to Alexander Zverev and Novak Djokovic.
