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Patna : World No 31 and 7th seed Alex de Minaur, 20, Australia, beat World No 61 Adrian Mannarino, 31, France, in straight sets in the final to clinch Zhuhai Championships title at Zhuhai, China, on September 29, 2019.
Minaur beat Mannarino 7-6, 6-4 in 2hr 5 minutes in the final at Henggin International Tennis Center, Zhuhai, China, winning 1 break point in the match besides winning 3 games in a row. The Australian served 3 Aces in the match to 2 by Mannarino. Minaur’s winning percentage both on his first and second serve (79% & 77%) was much higher than that of Mannarino (65% & 56 %).
Minaur had defeated World No 10 Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain, in the semi-finals on September 28 and World No 14 Borna Coric, 22, Croatia, in the quarter-finals on September 27, 2019.