Auger-aliassime Sets Up De Minaur Quarter-final

US Open 2025

Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 24 August-7 September

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Felix Auger-Aliassime hit 15th seed Andrey Rublev successful consecutive sets to group up a US Open quarter-final necktie against Australia's Alex de Minaur.

The Canadian, 25, dominated nan Russian 7-5 6-3 6-4 to advancement to nan past 8 astatine Flushing Meadows for nan first clip since 2021, erstwhile he reached nan semi-finals.

Rublev had been nan favourite earlier nan match, fixed he had beaten Auger-Aliassime successful 7 of nan pair's erstwhile 8 matches.

But Auger-Aliassime, who won nan US Open inferior title successful 2016, overpowered Rublev, hitting 42 winners to nan Russian's 22 and losing his service conscionable once.

The Canadian's power irked Rublev, who smashed his racquet astatine nan extremity of nan 2nd group and appeared disappointment arsenic nan lucifer slipped away.

"I've played bully successful nan past against Andrey, but I kept my cool and remained calm and poised to decorativeness nan lucifer - that was nan key," said Auger-Aliassime.

"Today was my first clip playing connected Arthur Ashe successful a fewer years but it feels moreover amended than nan first time.

"The first clip astatine 21, I was connected my measurement up. I've had a fewer setbacks, injuries and struggles pinch confidence, truthful to travel backmost nan 2nd clip to nan quarter-finals, it feels overmuch amended and much deserved.

"I'm soaking up each infinitesimal here."

The 25th seed's reward for triumph is simply a quarter-final lucifer against eighth seed De Minaur, who was excessively beardown for Swiss qualifier Leandro Riedi successful a 6-3 6-2 6-1 success.

De Minaur needed conscionable 1 hr and 33 minutes to scope nan quarter-finals, though nan Australian eighth seed was acold from flawless against nan world number 435.

Breaks apiece early successful nan first group suggested nan crowd connected Louis Armstrong Stadium were astir to bask a adjacent contest, but Riedi's all-or-nothing fierce crippled proved his downfall.

The 23-year-old faced 7 break points successful nan first group alone, allowing De Minaur to expanse up successful 32 minutes.

De Minaur group retired his stall for nan 2nd group by breaking from 0-40 down and winning 5 consecutive games earlier Riedi enjoyed a little resurgence.

The Australian made conscionable 55% of his first serves successful nan 2nd set, but felt small unit arsenic Riedi made 15 unforced errors.

Riedi did remarkably good to scope nan past 16 aft 2 abstracted operations astatine nan extremity of past year, but a limb rumor began to hamper him successful nan last group and his work crippled fell apart.

De Minaur picked up his level from nan 2nd group to scope a Grand Slam quarter-final for nan sixth clip successful his career.