Exciting teenager Alex De Minaur is through to the boys\u2019 final at the All England Club after thrashing American second seed Ulises Blanch 6-3 6-2 on Friday.<\/p>\n
The victory comes a day after dumping Roland Garros\u00a0junior finalist\u00a0Felix Auger-Aliassime from the tournament.<\/p>\n
The Sydney-born, Spain-based all-courter had already reached the semifinals at the 2015 US Open and Australian Open 2016, and took a step further on Friday.<\/p>\n
Sunday will be De Minaur\u2019s first Grand Slam singles final.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s good to finally get over that semifinal barrier,\u201d the 17-year-old said. \u201cI\u2019m just enjoying every second of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
De Minaur is bidding to become the first Australian to win the junior singles at the All England Club since Luke Saville and Ashleigh Barty completed the double in 2011.<\/p>\n
The last Aussie to reach a\u00a0Wimbledon junior decider\u00a0was Saville, who returned to the final in 2012 before falling to Felip Peliwo.<\/p>\n
De Minaur will face No.5 seed Denis Shapovalov in the final, after the Canadian\u00a0beat top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in three sets.<\/p>\n
It was a very different victory to De Minaur\u2019s; the Aussie clubbed Blanch in just 49 minutes, serving eight aces and smacking 18 winners.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it helped that I didn\u2019t put any pressure on myself. I just came out on court just wanting to play my game and just be on top of it. Don\u2019t worry about score, my opponent, the court, or anything. I just got there, did my job, so I\u2019m pretty happy about it,\u201d de Minaur said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the other semifinals I\u2019ve played I\u2019ve put a little bit of pressure on myself, thinking \u2018I\u2019m in the semis\u2019, two more matches away I get the Grand Slam. But I just came out as if it was another first round match and it went well.\u201d<\/p>\n
De Minaur\u00a0plans to have a hit on an otherwise light day on Saturday ahead of the biggest match of his burgeoning career.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was watching (the other semifinal)\u00a0on the TV,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve never played Denis so it will be a good match-up and looking forward to playing on Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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