As an impressive accumulation measures for hard work and consistency for Alex de Minaur at the US Open, he focuses on a new Grand Slam career.
New York, USA, September 1, 2025 | Vivienne Christie
Alex de Minaur is in excellent company while cutting a winning path on the US Open 2025.
With his third round victory over Daniel Altmaier in Germany on Sunday, the Australian joined Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic as the only men who reached the second week of the last nine Grand Slams.
“It’s a great status to have. It shows my consistency,” said the Minaur, and noticed that he takes the pride “popping up every day” to deliver his best.
“You know, I can make some good days or bad days on the tennis court, but in the end I still go outside and fight and fight until the very last point.”
It is an approach in which the Australian No. 1 other impressive figures adds to his statistics magazine 2025. In addition to Alcaraz (with 57 victories), Alexander Zverev (45) and Taylor Fritz (42), he is one of the four men who wins at least 40 agree this year.
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Although proudly grouped among Grand Slam champions and finalists, the Minaur is also an individual striking one. His 40th competition victory this year was his 27th on a hard court. The Australian leads the men’s tour for victories on the surface.
In another amazing measure of consistency, the Minaur competes to dispute a sixth Grand Slam quart final when he compiles the Swiss qualification Leandro Riedi. In a Peak 2024 season he played in the last eight by three of the four Majors and became the best-performing Australian man at the Grand Slams since Lleyton Hewitt in 2006.
His performance at the US Open 2024, where the Minaur disputed his first tournament since he ran a serious hip injury at Wimbledon, caused a specific point of pride.
“The way I felt that this tournament was playing last year, I put it down on one of my best performance in my entire career, able to get out here and the quarterfinals dealing with how I felt,” he said.
In a pleasant contrast, the Minaur brings confidence this year after storing five competition points to beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the Washington final last month. He followed a quarter -final run on the ATP Masters 1000 Tournament in Toronto.
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With those growing milestones are increased ambitions for the 26-year-old, who open his ninth US open and 33RD Grand Slam in general.
“Now it’s about bringing it to a higher level. You know what new barriers break. That’s the goal,” he said.
The next step for the Minaur is a first semifinal of the Grand Slam, with many promising signs that he could reach the career-definating breakthrough in New York.
With an upset of the then world no. 7 Kei Nishikori on the US Open five years ago, the 38one-Raned De Minaurah claimed his first victory over a top 10 opponent. In 2020 he ran No. 11 Seed from Karen Khahanov on his way to a first quarter final of Grand Slam, where he fell at the final champion Dominic Thiem.
“I feel great here in New York. It has treated me well over the years,” he said after his second round victory over Shintaro Mochizuki. “The more matches I play here in New York, the better [I feel]. “
With its renowned athletics and Vechtgeest excellent for testing the New York conditions, the Minaur can also draw on the energy of an admiring crowd.
“The crowd here is quite special,” said the famous Patriotic Australian Stan SportWrite down some parallels with the Australian Open. “It is probably the closest where you might play at home, in the sense of the energy of the crowd.”
The Minaur is also fed in other ways during the seasonal-dependent Grand Slam, with a trip to the iconic old Mats-Pub with Aussie theme in Manhattan under his Off-Court highlights. “It’s great to have a little at home,” he enthusiastically.
It is equally valuable to have a number of controversial supporters look. After winning his game on Sunday, the Minaur won more admirers when he noticed the presence of fiancé Katie Boulter in his player box.
“I am very lucky that I have her,” he smiled. “We have each other’s backs. It’s great to have – I don’t want to sound too cliché – but a soulmate.”
If that was a rare revelation for a typical private private minaurus, be at a level of comfort at the seasonal Grand Slam.
“The way I go my things is just let the tennis talk, right?” He noticed. “And I am very proud of that. Hopefully I can be here a lot, much longer in New York.”
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