Alex de Minaur is now just one win away from matching his best finish at a Grand Slam, with a fourth-round clash with Leandro Riedi up next.
The Australian advanced via walkover after his third-round opponent, Daniel Altmaier, was forced to retire due to injury in the fourth set of their clash.
He has enjoyed a promising hard-court swing so far, having won the Washington Open before reaching the quarterfinals at the Canadian Open, where de Minaur bowed out to Ben Shelton.
At the US Open, the 26-year-old has dropped just one set in his pursuit of finally reaching a major semifinal.
Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty ImagesAlex de Minaur compares the US Open courts to the Australian Open
De Minaur has enjoyed most of his success at Grand Slams on the hard courts at Flushing Meadows, having reached the last eight there twice.
The surface suits him well, with the world number eight tallying a win percentage of 65% on the concrete, higher than his totals on both clay and grass.
When asked about the differences in the hard courts at the US Open compared to his home Slam, the Australian Open, de Minaur said: “Yeah, look, it’s there are some similarities, of course. I think they’re both quite quick surfaces.
“The ball travels through the air quite quickly, maybe even a little bit quicker here at the US Open.
“You get some great crowd support, some very loud vocal crowd support, which is quite similar both in Oz and here.
“The difference is, I mean, at the Australian Open, I’m just around the corner, right? I don’t have an hour commute coming in every day, which is a lot nicer.
“But look, this tournament has been quite special in my career. It’s given me a lot of good memories and great results, and yeah, I just feel comfortable here in New York, so hopefully I’ll get some more good results here.”
Alex de Minaur’s struggle to make it past the quarterfinals at majors
Since his Grand Slam debut in 2017, de Minaur has made five quarterfinals at majors, with two of them coming in the Big Apple.
He first managed the feat in 2020 at the US Open, where he won his first four matches at the tournament before falling to eventual champion Dominic Thiem in straight sets.
Nearly four years passed before de Minaur would return to a Grand Slam quarterfinal, which he did three times in 2024, at Roland Garros, Wimbledon, and in New York.
His most recent last-eight finish was at the Australian Open this year, which he will now hope to improve on in the next week.