Australian De Minaur beats Pospisil to reach U.S. Open last eight


  • Tennis
  • Tuesday, 08 Sep 2020

Sep 7, 2020; Flushing Meadows, New York, USA; Alex de Minaur of Australia serves against Vasek Pospisil of Canada (not pictured) on day eight of the 2020 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. (Mandatory Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports

(Reuters) - Australian young gun Alex de Minaur tamed Canada's Vasek Pospisil 7-6(6) 6-3 6-2 at the U.S. Open on Monday to ease into his first Grand Slam quarter-final.

The first Australian to reach the men's last eight at Flushing Meadows since John Millman in 2018, the 21st seed now awaits the winner of second-seeded Austrian Dominic Thiem and Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime.

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