Australian Alex de Minaur is reaching beautiful new heights in his sixth main-draw look on the prestigious Italian Open.
Rome, Italy , 13 Might 2024 | Leigh Rogers@alexdeminaur comes by 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) Might 13, 2024
That is De Minaur’s second profession top-20 win on clay and his first since April 2022.
De Minaur admitted his clay-court recreation nonetheless has “loads of room for enchancment”.
“(However) each time I’m out right here, I’m having fun with it with a correct mindset, and I feel I can play nicely,” he mentioned.
“I’m taking it a match at a time. I’m proud of a high quality win on the clay at this time, and we transfer on.”
The ninth seed now turns his consideration to a fourth-round conflict with sixth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Tsitsipas leads their head-to-head report at tour degree with 10 wins from their 11 conferences, nevertheless 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 turn 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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