Alex de Minaur and Jordan Thompson will meet in an all-Australian fourth-round showdown at Flushing Meadows.
New York, USA, 2 September 2024 | Leigh Rogers
For the primary time in 31 years, two Australians are set to go head-to-head in a US Open males’s singles fourth-round match.
“Look, it’s a very good downside to have, the truth that we’re enjoying one another within the fourth spherical,” Alex de Minaur mentioned forward of his conflict with compatriot Jordan Thompson.
“It’s thrilling. I’ve grown up with him, we’ve performed loads of instances and I’m anticipating an absolute battle.”
De Minaur has shocked himself together with his development to the second week at this yr’s US Open, having entered the event underneath an damage cloud. He had not performed a singles match since Wimbledon, when a hip damage pressured him to withdraw forward of the quarterfinals.
“[I’m] very glad clearly,” De Minaur mentioned of his efficiency up to now at Flushing Meadows.
“I knew I used to be severely underdone coming in and didn’t know the way the physique was going to tug up. [But] it positively feels good. I’m trending upwards and it’s precisely the way in which I need to be trending.”
With the boldness in his physique rising, De Minaur is trying to advance to his third consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal. However the 25-year-old is aware of he can’t underestimate the problem introduced by his Davis Cup team-mate.
“I feel Thommo deserves a number of respect as a participant,” De Minaur famous. “Not just for being within the fourth spherical, which he has earned by beating high quality opponents, but in addition simply the way in which he’s been going concerning the final couple of years. He’s been enjoying optimistic, aggressive tennis in opposition to the perfect gamers on the earth and taking a number of large scalps.”
De Minaur enters this match with a 4-1 win-loss report in opposition to the 30-year-old Thompson. Nonetheless, this can be their first assembly in additional than two years in the past.
| Alex de Minaur v Jordan Thompson Head-to-head report |
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| 12 months | Outcome | Occasion | Spherical | Floor |
| 2019 | De Minaur gained 6-4 6-2 | Brisbane | 2R | Arduous |
| 2019 | De Minaur gained 7-6(4) 6-3 | Sydney | QF | Arduous |
| 2019 | Thompson gained 4-6 6-2 6-3 | s-Hertogenbosch | QF | Grass |
| 2021 | De Minaur gained 6-7(8) 6-3 6-4 | Stuttgart | 2R | Grass |
| 2022 | De Minaur gained 6-2 6-3 | Miami | 2R | Arduous |
Their friendship extends again to when De Minaur was a junior and would prepare alongside Thompson in Sydney.
“Rising up, he was the man I used to be wanting as much as and he’s at all times given me a number of time of day,” De Minaur recalled. “I’ve learnt lots by him.
“I’m glad that we’re 1725257497 enjoying one another on the largest phases of tennis.”
> READ MORE: Thompson remembers earliest reminiscences of De Minaur
De Minaur and Thompson are amongst six Australian gamers scheduled to compete on day eight at Flushing Meadows.
This consists of Matt Ebden (partnering Czech Barbora Krejcikova) and Ellen Perez (partnering Belgian Sander Gille) in combined doubles quarterfinals.
Perez may also play a 3rd spherical girls’s doubles match alongside American Nicole Melichar-Martinez.
Gold Coast siblings Hayden and Emerson Jones are in motion in addition to the US Open Junior Championships proceed.
The US Open is broadcast stay in Australia on the 9 Community and Stan Sport, with protection starting from 1am AEST (from Tuesday 3 September).
Aussies in motion on day eight:
Males’s singles, fourth spherical
[10] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Jordan Thompson (AUS), Louis Armstrong Stadium, fourth match (not earlier than 7am AEST)
Ladies’s doubles, third spherical
[5] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v [11] Marie Bouzkova (CZE)/Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP), Stadium 17, first match (from 3am AEST)
Blended doubles, quarterfinals
[4] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) v [8] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/Aldila Sutjiadi (INA), Court docket 5, third match
Sander Gille (BEL)/Ellen Perez (AUS) v [WC] Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA)/Tyra Caterina Grant (USA), Stadium 17, fourth match
Women’ singles, second spherical
[1] Emerson Jones (AUS) v Alena Kovackova (CZE), Court docket 9, third match
Boys’ doubles, first spherical
[2] Hayden Jones (AUS)/Jagger Leach (USA) v Lorenzo Angelini (ITA)/Lorenzo Beraldo (ITA), Court docket 11, fourth match
> VIEW: Full US Open 2024 day eight schedule
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