‘Super proud’ De Minaur takes down new world No 1 Zverev to reach Vienna Open final

World No 10 holds nerve in 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7-4) semi-final win

Alex de Minaur has held his nerve to claim what could be one of the most significant wins of his career, downing the world No 1-elect Alexander Zverev with a fearless display of attacking tennis to reach the Vienna Open final.

The Australian played a fabulous deciding tiebreaker, nervelessly brushing off a couple of double faults to keep the pressure on the two-time grand slam champion to prevail 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7-4) to set up a championship match with Carlos Alcaraz at the Wiener Stadthalle.

Saturday’s victory had extra importance because it pushed De Minaur back among the top-eight qualifiers to make the end-of-season men’s championship, the ATP Finals, with next week’s Paris Masters the last qualifying event…