Auger-Aliassime comes from set to beat the Minaur and let us open, the last four

Félix Auger-Aliasassime continued his sublime return to the US Open with another demonstration of his growing maturity while holding his nerve in the decisive moments of a messy, nerve-ranging four-hour four-hour struggles around the eighth seed to beat Alex 4-6, 7-6, the 7-6, the 7-6, 7-6, 7-6, 7-6, 7-6, 7-6, 7-6, 7-6, 7-6, 7-6, 7-6, 7-6) and the 7-6, 7-6, 7-6, the SEMIAIs (FINIAIs) and the SEMIAIs (FINAIIs) and the SEMIAIs (FINIAIs) and the SEMAIAIs (FINIAIs) and the SEMAIAIs (FINIAIs) and the SEMAIAIs (FINIAIs) (FINIAIs) (FINIAIs) (FINIAIs). York.

By achieving one of the most important victories of his career, Auger-Aliassime has now reached the American open semi-final for the second time in his career, four years after his first semifinal in 2021. “It feels great. Four years ago it feels more, honestly,” he said. “It was a tough few years, but it now feels even better to be back in the semi -final.”

After he was scaled as high as no. 6 in 2022, Auger-Aliassime has struggled in recent years with a number of injuries and trust problems, which were underlined by his ATP ranking list of No. 27. This year he could not find his level on the largest tournaments, lost for the third round of the first three major slams of this year. His last match for the US Open was a 6-0, 6-2 abuse by Jannik Sinner in Cincinnati, a defeat that could have harmed his confidence.

In New York, however, everything fell into place for the Canadian. Auger-Aliassime had followed his excellent victory of four set against the No. 3 Seed Alexander Zverev with a dominant version in his straight sets victory against Andrey Rublev, the 15th seed. He plays great tennis and combines his devastating service, forehand and athletics with more patience and intelligence around the field.

Even if trust is high, the stratospheric deployment of Grand Slam Tennis means that it is not always possible to play well. Sometimes it is important to just survive. The two players arrived Arthur Ashe Stadium, which was fully aware of the mass opportunity that lies for us. While this match-up offered the Minaur with its best chance to finally break new land and reach his first Grand Slam-Halve Final at his sixth attempt, Auger-Aliassassime tries to find his way back after a turbulent few years with injuries and faltering trust.

This opportunity caused a tense, tumultuous struggle where none of them could call their best level for persistent periods and momentum that constantly shifted. The minaur led by a break in the second set before he lost for the first time in the game for the first time in the game, after which Auger -Aliassy could not serve the third set. It seemed that a fifth set was on the cards when the Minaur served for the fourth, but Auger-Aliassy hit himself back in the game instead and closed it in four.

In the last phases of each set, with the pressure on its highest, it was auger-aliassime that served well under pressure and was determined to take control of the points against a wrestling de Minaurus.

“Just a lot of nerves today throughout the game,” said the disappointed Australian after the game. “It wasn’t always nice, but that’s what Grand Slam competitions are. Sometimes, on some days you won’t feel your best, but I was prepared to really dig deep and do everything I can do to stay here, now.”

It has now been a full decade since Auger-Aliassime for the first time showed his promise that achieved the quarterfinals of an ATP Challenger event at the age of 14. When the first of the generation of the 2000s that made his move on the professional circuit, the hype was deafening. His career has undoubtedly been a huge success and he has settled as one of the best players in the world, but he wants more. This week represents a step in the direction of the 25-year-old who realizes his enormous ambitions.

While Auger-Aliassime celebrated a breakthrough victory, this was a crushing defeat for the Minaur. Despite his growing frustration with his inability to reach a large semi -final, four of his previous quarter -final opponents founded five players were established, with the no. 1 Jannik Sinner recently dismantled him on the Australian Open in January. The only anomaly, Jack Draper here last year, has since reached those heights itself.

In contrast to the dominant performances he encountered in his previous encounters, he found this time against a lower -ranked opponent who was unable to find his best tennis under such pressure. This time he just couldn’t handle the pressure.

“It is very difficult if you have worked so hard for something and you have constantly put yourself in positions to prove people in a certain sense, right? But again, you fall again, and this time it is a difficult one to take,” said the Minaur.

“There is no beating around the bush. It is one of those matches that I would like to play again. There are other times when the opponent has a lot to say, and I played quarter finals where I played Jannik, and he was just too good, good, and there is not really much to see. It’s tennis, right?”