Alex de Minaur overcame a 5-2 deficit in the third set to outlast Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and win the men’s singles title at the DC Open.

Getty Alex de Minaur competes at the 2025 Barcelona Open. If Alex de Minaur wasn’t a professional tennis player, he would be a pro golfer, or so he says in his ATP Tour bio. The 2025 Mubadala Citi DC Open winner is an avid golfer, who often shares videos of himself attempting trick shots on Instagram.

The qualifying rounds are over and the main draw is set at this week's Mubadala Citi DC Open. Held at the William H.G. Fitzgerald Tennis Center in Rock Creek Park, the annual tournament features ATP and WTA pros and kicks off the North American hardcourt season,

The fourth-seeded Shelton defeated sixth-seeded Tiafoe in straight sets in front of a packed crowd at the 2025 Mubadala Citi DC Open quarterfinal: 7-6 (2), 6-4. Shelton improves to 3-1 against Tiafoe and is starting to separate himself from his fellow American.

Hyattsville native loses to fellow American Ben Shelton in straight sets in the quarterfinals of an event he says he really wants to win.