"Felix Auger-Aliassime continued his sublime return to form at the US Open with another demonstration of his growing maturity as he held his nerve in the decisive moments of a messy, nerve-racking four-hour tussle to defeat the eighth seed Alex de Minaur 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5, 7-6 (4) and reach the semi-finals in New York. By pulling off one of the most significant victories of his career,"
"Having scaled as high as No 6 in 2022, Auger-Aliassime has struggled in recent years with a number of injuries and confidence issues, those difficulties underlined by his ATP ranking of No 27. This year, he could not find his level at the biggest tournaments, losing before the third round of the first three grand slams of this year. His final match before the US Open was a 6-0, 6-2 battering by Jannik Sinner in Cincinnati, a defeat that could have hurt his confidence."
Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated eighth seed Alex de Minaur 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5, 7-6 (4) in a four-hour match to reach the US Open semi-finals. The victory marks his second US Open semi-final appearance, four years after 2021. Auger-Aliassime overcame recent injury and confidence struggles that saw him drop to No 27 and endure early grand slam exits and a heavy loss to Jannik Sinner in Cincinnati. In New York he beat Alexander Zverev and Andrey Rublev, pairing a powerful serve, forehand and athleticism with greater patience and on-court intelligence to advance.
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