US Open: No. 25 Félix AugerAliassime knocks off No. 8 Alex de Minaur in quarterfinals Sean LeahySeptember 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM 0 Tiebreakers in the second and fourth sets propelled Canadian Félix AugerAliassime to a fourplushour victory over Australia's Alex de Minaur on Wednesday in the quarterfinals...
- - US Open: No. 25 Félix Auger-Aliassime knocks off No. 8 Alex de Minaur in quarterfinals
Sean LeahySeptember 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Tiebreakers in the second and fourth sets propelled Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime to a four-plus-hour victory over Australia's Alex de Minaur on Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the US Open.
Knocking off a top-10 seed for the second time in the tournament, Auger-Aliassime again bounced back from a first-set defeat, this time to pull off a 4-6, 7-6(7), 7-5, 7-6(4) win.
Auger-Aliassime, 25, and the former world No. 6, previously upset Germany's Alexander Zverev, the No. 3 seed, in the third round 4-6, 7-6(7), 6-4, 6-4.
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This is Auger-Aliassime's second time reaching the US Open semifinals after a run in 2021, when he lost to eventual champion Daniil Medvedev. This is also only the third time since 2022 that Auger-Aliassime has advanced beyond the second round in a Grand Slam tournament.
The 27-year-old de Minaur, meanwhile, is still searching for his first semifinal appearance in a major. He has reached six such quarterfinals.
Auger-Aliassime recorded almost three times as many aces (22) as de Minaur (8). Auger-Aliassime also hit 51 winners, 22 more than de Minaur. Those stats, however, don't tell the full story of a tightly contested match that featured an 87-minute second set, the longest set on the men's side of this year's US Open. The match twisted and turned, particularly in the fourth set when de Minaur broke Auger-Aliassime in the fourth game, only to be broken on four straight points in the ninth game.
That misstep allowed Auger-Aliassime to eventually force a tiebreak, which included four double faults: two each from the players.
Auger-Aliassime ultimately pulled away, punching his ticket to the semifinals, where he'll face the winner of Wednesday night's match between Italy's Lorenzo Musetti and Jannik Sinner.
No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz and No. 7 Novak Djokovic will meet in Friday's other semifinal.
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