Alex De Minaur cruises through to US Open fourth round with straight sets win over Nicolas Jarry
Alex de Minaur has cruised past Chilean Nicolas Jarry and into the US Open fourth round with a crushing straight sets victory.
De Minaur set the tone when he broke Jarry in the very first game and was never headed, locking in a 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 victory.
He took the first set in less than half an hour, and the match in just an hour and 45 minutes.
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Jarry's biggest weapon, his serve, didn't show up until late in the third set, when he served out the the eighth game to love. He served just four aces for the match.
Alex De Minaur of Australia celebrates after winning a game against Nicolas Jarry of Chile during their Men's Singles Third Round match on Day Six of the 2023 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 02, 2023 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images) Getty
De Minaur appeared to get the yips though, 40-0 up with three match points, De Minaur squandered each of them with errors, including a double fault.
But he steadied at deuce to serve it out.
De Minaur is the second Aussie through to the round of 16, joining Rinky Hijikata who yesterday beat Chinese world No.67 Zhizhen Zhang in four sets.
"An emphatic victory, and he joins Rinky Hijikata in the 16s," Todd Woodbridge said in commentary for Nine.
"I don't think any of us expected that he would be as clinical and be able to put Jarry away today in straight sets like that."
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Jelena Dokic said it was a "perfect performance".
"Not much he did wrong, really. Superb serving, aggressive, which is what we want him to be, but at the same time patient and disciplined."
De Minaur won six of nine break points, and easily saw off the only chance Jarry had to do the same.
Jarry made an incredible 41 unforced errors, accounting for nearly half of the 86 total points De Minaur won.
The Aussie's fourth round opponent will likely be Daniil Medvedev, who will play his third round match against Argentinian Sebastian Baez on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
