De Minaur dominates Bellucci reach second straight Rotterdam final

The third seed took just 67 minutes to wrap up a 6-1 6-2 win over the Italian and advance to the championship match, where either Carlos Alcaraz or Hubert Hurkacz awaits.

Bellucci was appearing in his first ATP semi-final, having beaten the likes of Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas earlier in the week.

However, the 23-year-old was broken in the second and sixth games as De Minaur ran away with the opening set.

Two breaks also did the trick in the second set for the world number eight, who held his own serve to wrap up a convincing victory.

"He's played with so much confidence this whole week, and played some incredible tennis," De Minaur said. "I knew going in it was going to be a battle, and he was going to play loose; the way he has all week long.

"I just had to do my best to stay with him early, and see if I could get my chances early. Then, it became a little bit more of an uphill battle for him, but he has a very, very bright future ahead, as well as so many more Italians."

Demon-stration tennis!Bellucci has come down from the clouds today, as he was unable to trouble De Minaur in our first semi: 6-1 6-2.The Aussie will get a second bite of the in tomorrow’s final, after finishing runner-up last year. #abnamroopenpic.twitter.com/Rfh2ciyDBX

— ABN AMRO Open (@abnamroopen) February 8, 2025

Data Debrief: Back-to-back finals for De Minaur

De Minaur, who is yet to drop a set this week, recorded his tour-leading 11th match win of 2025, while improving his record in Rotterdam to 13-4.

The Australian converted all four break-point opportunities he created during the contest, as he reached his 18th ATP tour-level final.