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Ian Chadband

Ruthless de Minaur to meet Alcaraz in Rotterdam final

Alex de Minaur has set up a blockbuster of a final in the Rotterdam Open against Spanish superstar Carlos Alcaraz after the Australian No.1 powered towards the showdown without dropping a set all week.

De Minaur served up another clinical display on Saturday to make the championship match in the Dutch indoor event for the second-straight year, while bringing a nightmarish conclusion to a dreamy week for Italian Mattia Bellucci.

The world No.8, who lost last year's final to Jannik Sinner, has given himself another chance to become the only Australian apart from Lleyton Hewitt in 2004 to triumph in Rotterdam as he blitzed his way to a 6-1 6-2 victory in just 67 minutes.

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