- Top-ranked Australian beat Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 6-3 in semi-final
- Australian Open champion in action for first time since triumph
Alex de Minaur has booked a place in the final of the Rotterdam Open with an emphatic revenge win over Grigor Dimitrov, earning the perfect 25th birthday present.
At the same event on de Minaur’s birthday in 2023, Bulgaria’s Dimitrov proved a veritable party pooper by knocking out the Australian No 1 in the quarter-finals.