Alex de Minaur has advanced to his sixth career Grand Slam quarter-final after a commanding performance against qualifier Leandro Riedi at the US Open. In just 93 minutes, the Australian secured a 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 victory over the Swiss, earning his spot in the final eight.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was happy with my level of focus,\u201d de Minaur said. \u201cI knew he had some big shots, and he\u2019s had a great week coming through the qualifiers. I\u2019m super proud of what I\u2019m doing. Ultimately, this is where I want to be\u2014playing for the big titles and being in contention. I am putting myself in the right places. I\u2019ve got another great opportunity coming up in the quarter-finals, and I\u2019m going to go out and have a swing.\u201d<\/p>\n
In his third quarter-final at Flushing Meadows, de Minaur will face world No. 27 Felix Auger-Aliassime. The pair have met three times before, with the Canadian leading the head-to-head 2-1. However, as the lowest-ranked quarter-final opponent of his career, this could be de Minaur\u2019s best opportunity to reach his first Grand Slam semi-final.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve always thought that the first job is to get there and give myself the opportunity,\u201d he said. \u201cIf I bum out early, I\u2019m never going to get the chance, so at least I\u2019ve got the chance in front of me. It\u2019s about embracing it. I\u2019ve got some experience, I know what to expect, and the mindset going forward is going to be going for it. There\u2019s no holding back.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Alex de Minaur has advanced to his sixth career Grand Slam quarter-final after a commanding performance against qualifier Leandro Riedi at the US Open. In just 93 minutes, the Australian secured a 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 victory over the Swiss, earning his spot in the final eight. \u201cI was happy with my level of focus,\u201d de […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6323,"featured_media":27309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27308","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\/27308","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\/6323"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}