I don't know how many times I can deal with a loss like this one, de Minaur said in Turin. I just have to talk to my team and try to sort out these issues because these are issues that can't keep happening. I mean, if I really want to be serious about taking the next step in my career, these matches, I can't lose them. I just can't.
Yet, it wasn't going to be easy, given that Zverev was the one standing in the way. The world No. 3 has been absolutely untouchable in this setting, going undefeated as a member of Team Europe in the five previous Laver Cups that he's played. The German also boasts a decided head-to-head advantage 8-2 over the Australian, who was a last minute replacement for Team World after American Frances Tiafoe bowed out due to injury.
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,