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Alex de Minaur records a dominant win over Diego Schwartzman to progress to the quarterfinals of the prestigious Queen’s Club tournament in London.
London, United Kingdom, 22 June 2023 | Vivienne Christie
Alex de Minaur is finding form on a preferred surface, storming into the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 grass-court tournament at Queen’s.
De Minaur required just 63 minutes to record a 6-2 6-2 victory over Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman, which will see the Australian No.1 feature in the final eight of the prestigious tournament for a second time.
“I’m happy to be in another quarters here. It’s a great place to be, especially when you’ve got great weather. I’m looking forward to hopefully keeping it going,” said De Minaur, who opened his 2023 Queen’s Club campaign with victory over two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray.
Grass is clearly a comfortable surface for the fast-moving De Minaur, who claimed one of his seven ATP singles titles at Eastbourne in 2021 and reached the fourth round of Wimbledon last year.
30TH TOUR-LEVEL QUARTER-FINAL 😈@alexdeminaur powers past Schwartzman 6-2, 6-2 to reach the last eight at Queen’s!@QueensTennis | #cinchChampionships pic.twitter.com/DuPreSEUpJ
— ATP Tour (@atptour) June 22, 2023
De Minaur, who maintained easy dominance over former top-10 ranked Schwartzman with early breaks of serve in both sets of their straight-sets encounter, is delighted to feel that that form returning at a favourite tournament.
“I think it’s the history, the culture, it’s just a special felling coming on centre court here and having a packed crowd,” he related of his fondness for Queen’s.
“It’s one of my favourite courts in the world.”
De Minaur will return to that setting for a quarterfinal encounter with French veteran Adrian Mannarino, who eliminated No.3 seed Taylor Fritz in straight sets.
It marks a 30th ATP-level for the 24-year-old De Minaur, and his sixth of the 2023 season. Earlier this year, he claimed the seventh and biggest title of his career in Acapulco.
Aussies in action – Queen’s Club
RESULTS
Men’s singles, second round
[7] Alex de Minaur (AUS) d Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 6-2 6-2
[5] Cameron Norrie (GBR) d Jordan Thompson (AUS) 4-6 6-3 6-2
Men’s doubles, second round
[1] Wesley Koolhof (NED) Neal Skupsi (GBR) d Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) 6-3 7-6(5)
COMING UP
Men’s singles, quarterfinals
[7] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Adrian Mannarino (FRA)
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