Alex de Minaur won his clash with Jordan Thompson to become the first Australian in 20 years to make three straight slam quarter-finals
Alex de Minaur wins all-Australian tussle with Jordan Thompson to reach US Open quartersDe Minaur makes third straight grand slam quarter-finalShare
His stocks rising with every win, the 10th seed will next face English world No 25 Jack Draper on Wednesday in an Ashes-like battle for a coveted place in the last four.After arriving in New York under a fitness cloud and with “low expectations”, De Minaur has regained belief and form to move quietly into title reckoning.
And even after Thompson finally won a game, then broke from 40-0 down to snatch the second set, there was no let-up from De Minaur as he went swiftly back to work on Labor Day in America. “I’ve got so much respect for ‘Thommo’. We’ve grown up together. He’s been like a big brother to me,” De Minaur said. “So I really appreciate everything he’s done for me and he’s a hell of a competitor, my Davis Cup teammate and I can’t wait to share the court many, many times with him.”For all the first-week heroics of Thompson and Novak Djokovic slayer Alexei Popyrin, De Minaur is once again Australia’s last man standing at the season’s final major.
After also becoming the first Australian since Hewitt two decades ago to make the second week of all four majors in a calendar year, De Minaur will now be hoping to further emulate his Davis Cup captain’s 2004 accomplishment by going all the way to the final on Sunday.
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