Australian tenth seed Alex de Minaur has ensured his sixth third-round exhibiting in New York following a straight-sets ledger towards Finland’s Otto Virtanen.
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Solely six weeks in the past, De Minaur’s Wimbledon marketing campaign was derailed after he picked up a hip cartilage tear in his fourth-round Wimbledon victory over Arthur Fils, which led to his withdrawal forward of a quarterfinal towards Novak Djokovic.
He contested one doubles match alongside Alexei Popyrin on the Paris 2024 Olympics however had not returned to singles motion till his opening-round four-set victory over American Marco Giron.
“It appears like I haven’t performed tennis shortly and I haven’t performed matches shortly,” De Minaur mentioned. “The physique by no means forgets. It’s a disgrace, however each day I’m feeling slightly bit higher.
“It’s all about making an attempt to my greatest with the physique for the time being, making an attempt to verify I’m considerably able to play the next matches. It’s numerous tennis being performed, which I haven’t been capable of do for a very long time…
“I really feel one thing there. It’s clearly not as fluid as I wish to be transferring on the market. I’m lacking on my sliding backward and forward, which I can’t actually do for the time being, however we carry on going.”
The 25-year-old reeled off 5 straight video games to steal the opening set from a quick-starting Virtanen earlier than the Finn, down a break at 1-2 within the second set, signalled to the chair umpire he required remedy for a again drawback.
The second set was a write-off, however the world No.125 caught with De Minaur as neither participant faltered on serve within the third set.
Three hefty first serves from Virtanen – one at match level down –pressured the tiebreak after the conflict had handed the two-hour mark earlier than Australia’s No.1 closed it out on his fourth alternative.
Aussies in motion – US Open
RESULTS
Males’s singles, second spherical
[10] Alex de Minaur (AUS) d [Q] Otto Virtanen (FIN)
Jordan Thompson (AUS) d [7] Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 7-6(2) 6-1 7-5
Chris O’Connell (AUS) d [Q] Mattia Bellucci (ITA) 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3
Nuno Borges (POR) d Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) 6-4 7-5 7-5
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COMING UP
Males’s singles, second spherical
Max Purcell (AUS) v [14] Tommy Paul (USA)
[WC] Tristan Schoolkate (AUS) v Jakub Mensik (CZE)
Males’s singles, third spherical
[28] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v [2] Novak Djokovic (SRB)
Chris O’Connell (AUS) v [1] Jannik Sinner (ITA)
Jordan Thompson (AUS) v [30] Matteo Arnaldi (ITA)
[10] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v TBC
> VIEW: US Open 2024 males’s singles draw
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