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Ian Chadband

De Minaur avenges Rublev defeat to make Rotterdam semis

De Minaur Andrey Rublev Grigor Dimitrov Alex de Minaur ATP Tour Australian Open the Rotterdam Open

Alex de Minaur has earned sweet revenge over his Melbourne tormentor Andrey Rublev to set up a birthday semi-final date with Grigor Dimitrov at the Rotterdam Open.

But as he turns 25, the Australian No.1 de Minaur will certainly be hoping Bulgarian Dimitrov doesn''t play party pooper again in the same way he did at on the same day at the Dutch tournament last year.

"I played him on my birthday, and he was rude enough to beat me when I was two match points up," recalled de Minaur ruefully on Friday after avenging his Australian Open defeat to Rublev by beating the Russian 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 6-3 in the quarter-finals at the Rotterdam Ahoy complex.

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