New York, USA, 31 August 2023 | Leigh Rogers
Alex de Minaur has made a major statement with his second-round victory at US Open 2023.
The world No.13 powered past China’s Wu Yibing 6-1 6-2 6-1 to record his most dominant Grand Slam victory since 2018.
Wu, a 23-year-old ranked No.86, won the US Open 2017 boys’ singles title and is enjoying a career-best season. But was outclassed by a red-hot De Minaur.
The 24-year-old Australian made a commanding start, conceding only four points on serve as he blitzed through the opening set in 24 minutes.
It set the tone for the match, with the top-ranked Aussie dictating play and capitalising from Wu’s costly 36 unforced errors.
De Minaur, whose unforced error count only tallied 10, sealed an impressive victory in 86 minutes.
This is De Minaur’s 13th win from his past 17 matches and propels him into the third round at Flushing Meadows for the fifth time in the past six years.
His next opponent is yet to be decided. It will be either world No.25 Nicolas Jarry of Chile or American wildcard Alex Michelsen, a 19-year-old ranked No.127.
De Minaur is looking to advance to the fourth round at Flushing Meadows for the first time since 2020, when he made the quarterfinals in a career-best Grand Slam run.
Aussies in action – US Open
RESULTS
Men’s singles, second round
[13] Alex de Minaur (AUS) d Wu Yibing (CHN) 6-1 6-2 6-1
COMING UP
Men’s singles, second round
Chris O’Connell (AUS) v [3] Daniil Medvedev
Men’s singles, third round
[13] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v [23] Nicolas Jarry (CHI) or [WC] Alex Michelsen
[WC] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) v Zhang Zhizhen (CHN)
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