Alex de Minaur wins against another Australian player

Wednesday, August 5, 2026, 3:00 pm

Alex de Minaur beat another Australian player, James Duckworth, in a tough match at the Canadian Open in Montreal.

Short summary

It was a good day for Australian players at the Canadian Open in Montreal with three players moving to the next round.

Alex de Minaur beat James Duckworth, Alexei Popyrin beat Roman Andres Burruchaga, and Talia Gibson beat Maja Chwalinska.

Next matches

Alex de Minaur will play against Cameron Norrie or Ignacio Buse in the next round.

Alexei Popyrin won a match after a long time and will play against Taylor Fritz or Thiago Agustin Tirante next.

Popyrin had not won a match in a long time and was very happy to win this one.

Popyrin used to be a very good player but has not been playing well lately.

He had to work hard to qualify for the main tournament and then won his first match.

Popyrin's win was a big surprise and he will play a tough match next.

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Alex de Minaur was winning easily but then James Duckworth started playing better.

De Minaur was ahead but Duckworth tried to come back.

De Minaur won the match and will play against Cameron Norrie or Ignacio Buse next.

Alex de Minaur said he played well in the first set.

But then the match became tough and he had to work hard to win.

De Minaur was happy to win and said he needs to improve some things.

Another Australian player, Adam Walton, lost his match.

Tahlia Gibson won her match in the women's tournament and will play against Ekaterina Alexandrova next.

Gibson has been playing very well this year and won her 28th match.

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