Third seed De Minaur has beaten the likes of Jakub Mensik and David Goffin on his way to the final two, where he takes on Carlos Alcaraz.

Nick Kyrgios defended De Minaur at the Australian Open, with the latter having come under fire despite a superb run in Melbourne.

He made it all the way to the quarter-finals, with the eighth seed finally losing to eventual champion Jannik Sinner.

Alex de Minaur jokes with Katie Boulter ahead of Rotterdam Open final

De Minaur is now focusing on the Rotterdam Open final against Alcaraz, but he has taken time to undertake a hilarious social media interaction with his girlfriend and British number one Boulter.

Seemingly referencing Madison Keys winning the Australian Open and Belinda Bencic winning the Abu Dhabi Open, she wrote on X: “Get married = win Slam. Have a baby = win 500.

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De Minaur, who got engaged to Boulter in December, then replied: “You got any ideas you wanna share with me???”

Alex de Minaur out for revenge in Rotterdam Open final

Keys married her coach Bjorn Fratangelo in November, with the former then winning her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open last month.

Having lost the 2017 US Open final to fellow American Sloane Stephens, she beat world number one Aryna Sabalenka in Melbourne.

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Bencic meanwhile, less than four months after returning from maternity leave, emerged victorious at this week’s Abu Dhabi Open.

The Swiss star overcame American Ashlyn Krueger for her ninth WTA title, in just her fourth event since giving birth.

De Minaur now has the chance to clinch success of his own at the Rotterdam Open, although history may be playing on his mind.

He lost last year’s final to top seed Sinner, who withdrew from this year’s event, and now meets top seed Alcaraz for the trophy.

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