It is the second time in his career that the 25-year-old and 25th-seeded Canadian reaches the semifinal in the US Open. The first time was 2021.
It feels fantastic, it has been four long years, says the Canadian in the stadium interview.
In a match where mistakes were in focus to begin with, Auger-Alliassime could however find the game and win a battle of over four hours. This after turning around a 2-5 deficit in the fourth set.
There were a lot of nerves today throughout the entire match. It was not pretty, but that's how it is with grand slam matches sometimes. I had to dig deep to stay in it, says Auger-Alliassime who had a set ball against him in the second set to a 0-2 deficit.
In the semifinal, the winner of tonight's all-Italian quarterfinal between world number one Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti awaits.
Auger-Alliassime has on his way to the semifinal taken several fine scalps where the victory over world number three Alexander Zverev stands out.
For de Minaur, the quarterfinal curse in grand slam contexts continues.
Wednesday's match was his sixth quarterfinal visit in one of the major tournaments and all have ended with a loss.
