Alex de Minaur will bid for his first Grand Slam semifinal a decade after his first junior main semifinal when he meets Felix Auger-Aliassime.
New York, USA, 3 September 2025 | Jackson Mansell
From a enjoying perspective, New York has all the time felt like a house away from dwelling for Alex de Minaur.
With a 22-8 document in males’s singles motion, together with three quarterfinals and the primary top-10 of his profession, the US Open is statistically De Minaur’s most profitable Slam.
Nonetheless, his long-standing reference to the event dates again additional than his time on the ATP Tour.
The world No.8 was a junior semifinalist at Flushing Meadows in 2015 after he superior to the ultimate 4 as a qualifier – the primary qualifier since Devin Britton in 2008 to succeed in that stage.
“If we have a look at outcomes, I feel that is by far my greatest Slam,” De Minaur claimed. “It’s usually a query I ask myself of why precisely is it right here in New York? And I feel I most likely put it all the way down to perhaps the courts being a bit of bit faster right here and the situations and the ball flying by means of the air a bit of bit faster.
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“However all the way in which again to juniors, I had an unbelievable run from qualifiers all the way in which to the semifinals. I obtained my first top-10 win right here towards Nishikori. First quarterfinal at a Slam was right here. I’ve now made three quarters (quarterfinals) right here. I get good outcomes right here in New York. New York treats me nicely.”
A constant performer at Grand Slam degree, De Minaur has competed in 5 of the previous seven main quarterfinals. Solely Carlos Alcaraz (six), Novak Djokovic (six), and Jannik Sinner (seven) have featured in additional.
It is just becoming that De Minaur’s greatest likelihood of reaching a Grand Slam males’s singles semifinal but has eventuated at Flushing Meadows.
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Ranked world No.27, Felix Auger-Aliassime will probably be De Minaur’s lowest-ranked opponent of his six profession Grand Slam quarterfinals – 4 of which had been ranked within the high 10.
The Canadian leads 2-1 within the head-to-head, having received each hardcourt matches on the Cincinnati Masters and Davis Cup ultimate in 2022.
De Minaur, nevertheless, emerged victorious of their most up-to-date encounter when he got here from a set all the way down to prevail towards Auger-Aliassime on the Rome Masters final yr.
The Aussie additionally triumphed over Auger-Aliassime within the boys’ singles quarterfinals at Wimbledon 2016.
“Felix is that kind of participant that everybody is aware of that his high degree is extremely excessive, and when he’s enjoying with confidence, he’s very powerful to beat,” De Minaur mentioned. “This week, he’s clearly enjoying some unbelievable tennis, and he’s obtained lots of weapons.
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“For me, it’s all about attempting to disrupt his rhythm, not give him the possibility to bully me on the court docket. I do my greatest to counter and dictate each time I can, and finally, I do know what I’m getting myself into.
“These are the matches I need to be enjoying in. For me, it’s about going for it, going for the chance, and I’m very excited for it.”
De Minaur hopes to change into the primary Australian to succeed in the lads’s singles semifinals at Flushing Meadows since Lleyton Hewitt in 2005.
“I’ve all the time thought that the primary job is to get there (the quarterfinals) and provides myself the chance. If I bum out early, I’m by no means going to get the possibility, so at the least I’ve obtained the possibility in entrance of me,” the world No.8 mentioned.
“That is my sixth quarterfinal, so I’ve obtained some expertise. I do know what to anticipate, and the mindset going ahead goes to be going for it. There’s no holding again.”
De Minaur will probably be in motion on Thursday morning at 1:30am AEST, which you’ll be able to watch stay on the 9 Community or Stan Sport.
AUSSIES IN ACTION: US OPEN
COMING UP ON DAY 11
Males’s singles, quarterfinals
[8] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v [25] Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) – Arthur Ashe Stadium, first match
Boys’ doubles, second spherical
Cruz Hewitt (AUS)/Nicolas Arseneault (CAN) v Yannik Alvarez (PUR)/Jack Secord (USA) – Grandstand, fifth match
Quad wheelchair singles, first spherical
Heath Davidson (AUS) v [2] Sam Schroder (NED) – Courtroom 9, first match
Jin Woodman (AUS) v [4] Ahmet Kaplan (TUR) – Courtroom 13, first match
Benjamin Wenzel (AUS) v [1] Niels Vink (NED) – Courtroom 13, second match
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