Washington D.C, USA , 25 July 2025 | AAP
Again at a cheerful searching floor, Alex de Minaur has fired as much as attain his first ATP quarterfinal since April and match a milestone of Spanish sensation Carlos Alcaraz.
Seventh-seeded de Minaur out-gunned big-serving Czech Jiri Lehecka 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (6-8) 6-4 to energy into the final eight on the Washington Open, the scene of the Australian’s maiden ATP 500 remaining in 2018.
De Minaur’s supreme returns and counter-punching yielded three breaks of serve whereas he additionally crunched eight aces in dropping serve solely twice in a good encounter lasting two-and-three-quarter hours.
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The world No.13 may have gotten it finished a lot faster had he not double-faulted on his second match level within the second-set tiebreaker.
De Minaur then didn’t serve out the match at 5-2 within the deciding set earlier than responding with a love service maintain to shut out the competition.
“I dug actually deep,” the world No.13 mentioned.
“I didn’t wish to lose having a match level within the second set and hitting a double fault.
“I advised myself I used to be going to battle to sleep at night time, so I higher do the whole lot I can to attempt to win that match. It was a tricky, powerful match.”
Together with his thirty ninth ATP 500 victory for the reason that begin of 2023, De Minaur tied Alcaraz for probably the most wins at that stage throughout that interval.
In promising indicators forward of subsequent month’s US Open, the 26-year-old additionally boasts a tour-leading 19 wins on exhausting courts this season.
Enjoying his first occasion since struggling a fourth-round loss to Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon, De Minaur subsequent faces American Brandon Nakashima for a spot within the remaining 4.
Nakashima progressed to his twentieth ATP Tour quarter-final with a 7-6 (7-3) win over Brit Cameron Norrie.
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