New York-Felix Auger-Aliass Time passed no. 8 Alex de Minaur 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5, 7-6 (4) on the US Open in 4 hours, 10 minutes, Wednesday to reach his second Grand Slam semi-final at Flushing Meadows.
No. 25-class Auger-Aliassime’s Some other trip to the last four came to a major in 2021 at the age of 21 in New York.
“Four years ago. It feels like more,” said Auger-Aliassime, who then progressed Carlos Alcaraz with an injured leg muscle in the quarterfinals. “It was a difficult few years.”
With his victories at no. 3 Alexander Zverev in the third round, no. 15 Andrey Rublev in the fourth and now the Minaur in the quarterfinals, this is the first time that auger-aliassime has eliminated several ATP top-20 players during a single major during a single major.
The 25-year-old Canadian is guaranteed to be ranked in front of another player who is high on Friday for a berth in the champion competition or world no. 1 Jannik Sinner or no. 10 Lorenzo Musetti. No. 2 Alcaraz is no. 7 Novak Djokovic in the other semi -final.
“It’s not over yet. There is still some tennis to play, and the biggest challenges are yet to come,” said Auger-Aliassime. “That’s what I live for. That’s what I train for.”
He struck 22 aces and ended with a total of 51 winners to 29 for the Minaur, a 26-year-old Australian.
Auger-Aliassime was one point of following two sets to none when the minaur led 6-5 in the second set of Tiebreker. But Auger-Aliassy knew that set point with a 120 mph bait. That started a point in which he took four out of five points to even reach the game on a set individually.
“Just a lot of nerves today, during the entire game. It wasn’t always good,” said Auger-Aliassime during his interview on the entire country at Arthur Ashe Stadium. “I was willing to really dig deep and do everything I can do to stand here, now.”
Auger-Aliass Time improved to 6-0 in Tiebreaks during this year’s US Open, bound for the most won by each man on his way to the semi-final since Tiebreaks were introduced during the 1970 tournament.
The Minaur fell to 0-5 in large quarter-finals-the only men in the open era with a worse record in the quarterfinals of a slam are Rublev (0-10) and Tommy Robredo (0-7). Guy Forget was also 0-5 for his career.
“I feel that it was on my racket, and it’s a shame,” said the minaur. “I don’t know how I will deal with it. I am sure, from now on, red, but yes, I will come over it. It’s just tennis, right?”
ESPN Research and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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