Alex de Minaur admits it wasn't pretty, but he has booked his spot in the final of the Washington Open after demolishing Frenchman Corentin Moutet.
In promising signs ahead of next month's US Open, the Australian No.1 and seventh seed stormed to a 6-4 6-3 victory at the event where he reached his maiden ATP 500 final back in 2018.
While not perfect on serve, broken twice, de Minaur broke the world No.59 five times from his 10 service games in the victory, which took one hour and 45 minutes.