Alex de Minaur has showcased his new-found firepower to blast his means into the US Open’s final 16 in New York.
Australia’s world No.13 appeared a person on a mission as he ruthlessly dismantled seeded Chilean Nicolas Jarry 6-1 6-3 6-2 to hitch Australian wildcard Rinky Hijikata within the fourth spherical.
So usually derided for missing the weapons to go deep on the grand slams, de Minaur turned baseline boss to overwhelm the Twenty fifth-ranked Jarry in only one hour and 44 minutes on Saturday.
He broke the South American six occasions, saved the solitary break level on his personal serve and gained a staggering 85 per cent of factors after touchdown his first supply.
Tellingly, de Minaur punished Jarry virtually each time he missed a primary serve, successful 19 of 27 factors on the Chilean’s second supply.
His reward is a sixth second-week foray on the majors, his third at Flushing Meadows previously 5 years and a probable last-16 shot at third-seeded 2021 US Open champion Daniil Medvedev.
Medvedev performs his third-round match later Saturday in opposition to Argentina’s world No.32 Sebastian Baez.
De Minaur has crushed Medvedev twice previously 10 months, together with final month in straight units en path to his maiden look in an ATP Masters 1000 remaining in Toronto.
That victory was de Minaur’s fourth over a top-10 rival this season and, in the event that they do conflict, the 24-year-old will fancy his possibilities of posting one other upset on Tuesday (AEST) to match his run to the 2020 quarter-finals in New York.
De Minaur’s two earlier encounters with Jarry produced 4 tiebreakers.
But he broke Jarry’s huge serve within the opening recreation on Saturday to set the tone for a much more one-sided affair.
Giving his opponent nothing, de Minaur provided up a miserly 10 unforced errors in all the match whereas drawing 40 from Jarry.
Hijikata performs his fourth-round match on Monday (AEST) in opposition to American tenth seed Frances Tiafoe.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
