By Canadian Press

De Minaur advances to National Bank quarterfinals with win over Tiafoe

Aug 3, 2025 | 2:53 PM

TORONTO — Australia’s Alex de Minaur pushed past American Frances Tiafoe 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 to advance to the men’s singles quarterfinals at the National Bank Open on Sunday.

The ninth-seeded de Minaur broke on five of his 10 opportunities in the two-hour, 24-minute match. He also had six aces to five double faults and won 77 per cent of his first-serve points.

The seventh-seeded Tiafoe fired 10 aces to four double faults and won 74 per cent of his first-serve points. He broke on three of this seven chances.

De Minaur will face the winner of Sunday night’s match between fourth-seeded American Ben Shelton and Italy’s Flavio Cobolli.

The other afternoon match saw sixth seed Audrey Rublev of Russia take on 20th seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain. The late match will have second seed Taylor Fritz of the United States face 19th seed Jiri Lehecka of Czechia.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 3, 2025.

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