Rome, Italy , 13 Could 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Alex de Minaur is having fun with a memorable run on the Italian Open, the place he has superior to the fourth spherical for the primary time.
The 25-year-old Australian staged a stirring come-from-behind victory on the ATP Masters 1000 event in Rome at the moment, edging out Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in an epic three-hour encounter.
De Minaur misplaced a good opening set towards the world No.20, who was a finalist on the Madrid Masters earlier this month. Nevertheless, in trademark style, he managed to put on down his opponent to triumph 6-7(2) 6-4 6-4.
That is De Minaur’s second profession top-20 win on clay and his first since April 2022.
Shut encounters of the tennis type 🤩@alexdeminaur comes by way of a 3-hour battle with Auger-Aliassime 6-7 6-4 6-4 on the Foro Italica#IBI24 pic.twitter.com/QLmuK1zGJ3
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) Could 13, 2024
The ninth seed now turns his consideration to a fourth-round conflict with sixth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Tsitsipas leads their head-to-head document at tour degree with 10 wins from their 11 conferences, nonetheless De Minaur triumphed of their most up-to-date conflict throughout his title-winning run at Acapulco in February.
Ought to De Minaur advance to the quarterfinals, he would change into the primary Australian man to achieve this stage in Rome since Lleyton Hewitt in 2000.
Aussies in motion – Rome
RESULTS
Males’s singles, third spherical
[9] Alex de Minaur (AUS) d [18] Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 6-7(2) 6-4 6-4
COMING UP
Males’s singles, fourth spherical
[9] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v [6] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)
Males’s doubles, second spherical
[2] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v Simone Bolelli (ITA)/Andrea Vavassori (ITA)
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