Alex de Minaur equals Federer and Djokovic with remarkable feat

Alex de Minaur is proving to be one of the most successful male players of 2019.

De Minaur is on the verge of breaking into the world's top 20 after winning the Zuhai Championship in China on Sunday.

The 20-year-old Sydneysider has risen to World No.25 in the ATP rankings after he beat France's Adrian Mannarino 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 in a two-hour decider.

It capped off a memorable week that's seen him beat three-time grand slam winner Andy Murray, world No.14 Borna Coric and 10th-ranked Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut on his way to his third title of the year.

His trophy in China will sit alongside the ones he won in Sydney and Atlanta earlier this year and earned him a share of second spot on the 2019 tour-level titles leaderboard.

Rafael Nadal leads the way with four titles, while De Minaur joins Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Dominic Thiem and Daniil Medvedev on three.

De Minaur not finished yet

With four more tournaments taking place before the end of the year, De Minuar is targeting more success.

"I want to keep on pushing," he told a news conference.

"I've got four more ATPs to go and I've got to push as hard as I can to keep putting myself in good positions. So I'll do everything I can to recover and on we go to Tokyo."

De Minaur was almost flawless on serve, never facing a break point, but squandered 12 chances to go up a break against his French opponent until the final point of the match, when Mannarino netted a backhand.

"I felt like Adrian just played better than I did in those moments," De Minaur said.

"I just told myself I had to try and take control of the point and just try to dictate as much as I could. I'm happy it ended there."

The pair may not have to wait for long to play each other again, as first-round wins at next week's Japan Open would set up a last-16 showdown.