"Felix Auger-Aliassime earned a hard-fought 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5, 7-6 (4) win over No. 8 Alex De Minaur on Wednesday to return to the US Open semifinals four years after his first appearance. The 25th-seeded Auger-Aliassime, a 25-year-old Canadian, was a semifinalist at Flushing Meadows in 2021, his only other time reaching that stage of a major. With his wins over No. 3 Alexander Zverev, No. 15 Andrey Rublev and now De Minaur, it's the first time Auger-Aliassime has beaten multiple ATP Top-20 players in the same major."
"He's guaranteed to face another Friday in the semifinals -- either world No. 1 Jannik Sinner or No. 10 Lorenzo Musetti, who play an all-Italian quarterfinal in the second night session match at Arthur Ashe Stadium. The quarterfinal between Auger-Aliassime and De Minaur went 4 hours and 10 minutes, the second-longest match on Arthur Ashe Stadium during this year's tournament (the Tommy Paul/ Nuno Borges second-round five-setter was 4:25). Auger-Aliassime earned his 25th match win on hard court this season, fourth most on the men's tour. He also improved to 6-0 in tiebreaks at this year's US Open, tied for the most won by any man en route to the semifinals since tiebreaks were introduced at the 1970 tournament."
Felix Auger-Aliassime beat No. 8 Alex De Minaur 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5, 7-6 (4) to advance to the US Open semifinals. The 25th-seeded Canadian previously reached the US Open semifinals in 2021. Auger-Aliassime has now defeated multiple Top-20 ATP players at the same major for the first time after wins over Alexander Zverev and Andrey Rublev. The quarterfinal lasted 4 hours, 10 minutes. Auger-Aliassime earned his 25th hard-court win of the season and improved to 6-0 in US Open tiebreaks. Alex De Minaur fell to 0-5 in major quarterfinals.
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