Alex de Minaur has hailed the milestone 50th tour-level victory in his best ever season as "amazing" after easing into the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters.
But now the Australian No.1 hopes his win -- a 7-5 6-2 win over Portugal's Nuno Borges -- is just a staging post on his way to what could be his first ever ATP Masters 1000 triumph.
De Minaur became just the third man in 2025 to hit the 50-win mark, following Carlos Alcaraz (67) and Taylor Fritz (50) on Wednesday, with the Sydneysider also leading the tour in 37 hard-court victories for the season.