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Alex de Minaur proves he belongs on the grand slam stage with impressive US Open run – ABC News
Alex de Minaur’s impressive US Open run has proved one thing at least, that the 21-year-old belongs on the grand slam stage, write Russell Jackson.
Overcome by the sheer firepower of second seed Dominic Thiem, Alex de Minaur’s US Open run has ended at the quarter-final stage, but the 21-year-old Australian has spent the last week proving that he belongs on such a stage.
At 2-2 in the second set, de Minaur was still in the match. He’d dropped the first 6-1 but that score line didn’t do justice to his fighting qualities and the six break points he’d forced.
John McEnroe described the Australian’s physically gruelling approach as a “heck o…
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