Alex De Minaur has upset Roland Garros junior finalist Felix Auger-Aliassime to reach the boys\u2019 singles semifinals at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n
Playing at his favourite tournament on his favourite surface, De Minaur recovered from a set and a break down to beat the No.3 seed 5-7 7-6(5) 6-2 in a touch over two hours.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an incredible feeling. He\u2019s such a good player, such a good competitor,\u201d De Minaur said, after advancing to a final-four meeting with American second seed Ulises Blanch.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was always going to be tough; we always have tough matches. Before this match I hadn\u2019t beaten him before but I\u2019d been one point away, so it\u2019s good to finally get the win over him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Indeed, in two prior meetings \u2013 both in 2015 \u2013 De Minaur and Auger-Aliassime contested thrilling three-setters, with the Canadian coming out on top of a 6-3 6-7(6) 7-6(3) win at the Eddie Herr tournament on clay.<\/p>\n
Yet in their first meeting on grass, De Miinaur was the more solid and ultimately superior, withstanding eight aces and 33 winners from his opponent while keeping his unforced errors to a tidy tally of 19 (versus 40).<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d rather win comfortably but it\u2019s a great feeling to actually know that I can push myself to those limits,\u201d the 17-year-old Aussie said.<\/p>\n
\u201cDoesn\u2019t matter what the score is, I\u2019m just going to keep fighting and not give up. And that helped me out today to turn it around and get the win.\u201d<\/p>\n
De Minaur also remains alive in the boys\u2019 doubles event with compatriot Blake Ellis.<\/p>\n
Not only does he feel that\u2019s helped his singles game this fortnight at the All England Club, but it\u2019s given him something to focus on to prevent his mind wandering too far ahead.<\/p>\n
\u201c(Playing doubles) also helps you with reflex volleys, serves, returns. You can always take positives out of everything and doubles has helped me get into form and be playing as good as I am right now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt would be a dream come true (to win Wimbledon). It\u2019s always been my favourite tournament, the tournament I look forward to the most. I wouldn\u2019t really be able to put it into words if I got to win.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut right now I\u2019m must thinking about my match tomorrow. I\u2019ve got my doubles now, so that\u2019s the No.1 priority.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Alex De Minaur has upset Roland Garros junior finalist Felix Auger-Aliassime to reach the boys\u2019 singles semifinals at Wimbledon. Playing at his favourite tournament on his favourite surface, De Minaur recovered from a set and a break down to beat the No.3 seed 5-7 7-6(5) 6-2 in a touch over two hours. \u201cIt\u2019s an incredible […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5788,"featured_media":11893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5788"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}