Australia’s Alex de Minaur continued his horror run in grand slam quarter-finals, dropping in 4 units to Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime on the US Open on Thursday (AEST).
In a gruelling encounter and the second longest match of the event, de Minaur’s first serve let him down badly and Auger-Aliassime capitalised within the 4-6, 7-6(7), 7-5, 7-6(4) win in New York.
The match took 4 hours and 10 minutes, with the second set alone operating for a exceptional 86 minutes.
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Alex de Minaur eradicated. Getty
The Australian eighth seed made simply 42 per cent of his first serves and hit 43 unforced errors, though that mark was surpassed by the Canadian twenty fifth seed who had 50.
De Minaur’s document in grand slam quarter-finals now stands at 0-6 and the 26-year-old is ruing not making extra of this chance after drawing a neater schedule within the first 4 rounds.
“It is extremely powerful whenever you work so arduous for one thing, and also you always are placing your self in positions to, in a approach, show individuals fallacious,” de Minaur mentioned.
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“However but once more, you sort of fall, and particularly this time – it is a powerful one to take. I imply, there isn’t any beating across the bush. It is a type of matches that I might like to play once more.
“I performed Jannik (Sinner within the Australian Open quarter-finals), and he was simply too good. There’s not likely a lot I may have performed, however I felt like this one was on my racquet, and it’s a disgrace.
“I do not know the way I am going to deal with it. I am undoubtedly, as of proper now, seeing crimson, however I am going to recover from it. It is simply tennis, proper?”
Felix Auger-Aliassime and Alex de Minaur shake fingers. Getty
Auger-Aliassime has struggled with accidents and dips in confidence since his breakthrough journey to the US Open semi-final 4 years in the past however introduced his greatest stage to Arthur Ashe Stadium as he despatched down 22 aces and 51 winners.
“Some days you will not really feel your greatest however I used to be keen to dig actually deep and do every thing I can,” Auger-Aliassime mentioned.
“It feels wonderful. 4 years in the past, it appears like extra. It was a troublesome couple of years however it feels even higher now to be within the semi-finals.”
Auger-Aliassime subsequent performs the winner of the all-Italian quarter-final between reigning champion Jannik Sinner and tenth seed Lorenzo Musetti.
“The largest challenges are but to return, however that is what I stay for, that is what I prepare for,” he mentioned.
