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\n ‘Seeing red’, De Minaur fumes at ‘wasted opportunity’ in US Open defeat<\/p>\n
Aussie reflects on his US Open run<\/p>\n
September 03, 2025<\/p>\n
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Alex de Minaur falls to Felix Auger-Aliassime in four sets Wednesday in the US Open quarter-finals.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n
Alex de Minaur<\/a> played in his sixth major quarter-final on Wednesday at the US Open<\/a> against Felix Auger-Aliassime<\/a> and for the sixth time, he fell short. The hard-working Aussie\u2019s disappointment was clear.<\/p>\n \u201cRight now I’m looking at this like a wasted opportunity. It’s tough,\u201d De Minaur said. \u201cThere’s no other way I’m probably going to deal with this, but just seeing it straight, and that’s what today was. Today was an opportunity to break new ground. <\/p>\n \u201cI was nowhere near the level I needed to be at. That’s frustrating, because you don’t get these chances often.\u201d<\/p>\n You May Also Like: Auger-Aliassime returns to US Open SFs, inflicts more major pain on De Minaur<\/a><\/p>\n De Minaur had plenty of chances to extend the match to a fifth set against the Canadian. He entered the match as the No. 8 player in the PIF ATP Rankings compared to No. 27 for Auger-Aliassime.<\/p>\n The 26-year-old struggled with his serve, making just 42 per cent of his first serves. Because of that, De Minaur was fighting an uphill battle from early on.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the biggest thing for me is just my serve. My serve’s been letting me down in big matches,\u201d said De Minaur, who double-faulted twice in the fourth-set tie-break. \u201cI put myself in and gave myself every chance to extend this match again and be in the fifth set like I did against Novak at Wimbledon<\/a>. But I mean, it’s pretty tough to win a high-quality match serving the way I did today.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s something that needs to improve, because if not, I’m going to put myself into a lot of trouble frequently against the top players in the later stages of these tournaments.\u201d<\/p>\n De Minaur is undoubtedly one of the grittiest competitors on the ATP Tour and that showed when he pushed the four-set match to four hours and 10 minutes. The eighth seed had lost just one set en route to the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n \u201cIf I’m looking back at this whole US Open<\/a> campaign, I’ve got to be honest with myself. I haven’t felt at my best in terms of how I have been playing on the court,\u201d De Minaur said. \u201cI feel like I have done exactly what I needed to do to get the job done, but I haven’t really felt comfortable on the court. Today was another match of exactly that.\u201d<\/p>\n
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