Félix Auger-Aliassime wins 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5, 7-6 (4)
Australian De Minaur loses again at quarter-final stage
Félix Auger-Aliassime continued his sublime return to form at the US Open with another demonstration of his growing maturity as he held his nerve in the decisive moments of a messy, nerve-racking four-hour tussle to defeat the eighth seed Alex de Minaur 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5, 7-6 (4) and reach the semi-finals in New York.
By pulling off one of the most significant victories of his career, Auger‑Aliassime has now reached the US Open semi-finals for a second time in his career, four years after his first semi-final in 2021. “It feels amazing. Four years ago, it feels like more, honestly,” he said. “It was a tough couple of years but it feels even better now to be back in the semi-finals.”
Having scaled as high as No 6 in 2022, Auger-Aliassime has struggled in recent years with a number of injuries and confidence issues, those difficulties underlined by his ATP ranking of No 27. This year, he could not find his level at the biggest tournaments, losing before the third round of the first three grand slams of this year. His final match before the US Open was a 6-0, 6-2 battering by Jannik Sinner in Cincinnati, a defeat that could have hurt his confidence.
