De Minaur saves three match points to lift Washington Open title
The pair exchanged breaks early in the opening set before Spain's Davidovich Fokina seized control by breaking again and closed out the set with the help of some crisp forehand winners.
Australian De Minaur responded emphatically in the second set, converting two of four break-point opportunities while holding serve throughout, wrapping up the set in just over 30 minutes with an ace to level the contest.
Davidovich Fokina looked in control of the decider when he broke to grab the lead but failed to serve out the match at 5-3, sending a forehand long to hand the break back to seventh seed De Minaur.
Davidovich Fokina's frustration mounted as the 12th seed squandered three match points on De Minaur's serve, and the Australian then capitalised on a series of unforced errors in the tiebreak to edge the contest and lift his 10th career title.
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