By Richard Pagliaro | Sunday, August 3, 2025
Photo Credit: Tvenis TV
Sounds of reverbeled sneakers around Toronto Court.
Alex de minaur He barely spoke a word during the decisive set today, but his shoes would not be closed.
By exploding the initial base with deep desire, De Minaur ran downhill shots to mark the main break Frances Tiophoe 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 to sound in his seventh quarterfinal of the season at the ATP 1000 Open National Bank.
A week after De Minaur denied three championship points for the duel Alejandro Davidovich Focina in Washington, the DC final and captured his 10th career title, he lived until his nickname “Speed Demon” marking his seventh direct victory.
It is a historic victory for his De Mineur-212 career the High Court’s triumph is equal to the twice US open champion Patrick Rafter for the second on the Australian list of all time in the open era following only his captain of Davis Cup Layyton Hewitt, who was 372-158 Lifetime in his trials.
De Minaur with the ninth seed will face world no.7 Ben Shelton or the 17th Rango Cobolli Wimbledon quarterfinalist for a semi-final place. De Minaur is 2-0 pills against 23-year-old Cobolli and still should not face Shelton in a pro-match.
Jumping on his fingers behind the initial base, De Minaur shone more energy, clarity and durability at the beginning today.
Tiophoe drew a wide preface and distributed a back slice by donating Aussie break of the opening game.
A der Mineur sound spinned at 12 of the next 15 points, the faults of the bleeding forward by Tieafoe for a second direct rest, then holding to 15 to lead 4-0 after only 16 minutes of play.
Although Tiefoe won some resting points in the sixth game, he could not find the court at any point of rest. De Minaur withdrew a pair of premature return errors by extending his lead to 5-1.
Aussie with ninth money served 37-minute space in 15.
By raising its first percentage of service from 39 percent to 59 percent in the second set, Tiephae played the most proactive tennis in the second.
The Pairift was combined for four consecutive breaks to start the second set.
Great enemy, big rush@Ftifoe #Nbo25 pic.twitter.com/tvwrszrluo
– Tenis TV (@tennistv) August 3 2025
In the 4th, 30-40s, Tifoe fought a resting point, then excavated to win the longest game set in front of 5-4.
Although De Minaur went up with 30 love in the subsequent game, Tieafoe would not be denied. Torn a foreword under the line and attacking in a timely manner, Tiephae won the appointed point. Maryland man shocked a preface adapted by his opponent by snatching the second set with a punch.
After about a vacation in the seven-minute bath, Tieafoe turned revitalized into torn in the first 12 points in the service to place a 3-2 lead.
Tiephae held double rest points for a possible 4-2 lead, but De Minaur saved the first forcing a Miss Forehand. At the second point of the break, the pair produced one of the most staggering points of the day. A 15-foot-free rally assie nude half a volleyball that Tieafoe crashed and opened a crossing junction. De Minaur recovered a ball behind him and hit a foreword to the open court to save the second point of rest. An ace down t Helped De Mineur’s 3rd level.
Tiophoe was cutting the slices served down t as he sealed his second love of Set for 4-3.
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Blocked at 4th, Tiekoe showed the good, the evil and the crazy crazy of his game. The good was three aces in the game. The evil was Foe’s stubborn insistence on continuing to play blow against one of the fastest players of the sport. And it was crazy even after seeing De Mineur making those returning to the run and seeing Aussie was hovering near the initial base, Tiefoe continued to satisfy his point fixation.
At one point, De Minaur took care of the corner as an ambulance driver answering a 911 call while hitting a full preface followed by a run -back, then read the point and tried to pull the tifoe to push half a volleyball into the net.
Demonic Protection 🛡@alexdeminaur #Nbo25 pic.twitter.com/wia8b2h72r
– Tenis TV (@tennistv) August 3 2025
You will think after seeing the Demon speed to attract that spectacular series of running, the last goal in the Tiephae mind would be the signed.
Well think again.
Inexplicably, some points later, Tieafoe fade a droplet that sat down, De Minaur easily ran it and Lopi a premature pass for 5-4.
However, De Mineur needed little luck to end it by hitting a winner of a net corner for 30-5. The slide service brought the point of the match Aussie and De Minaur was closed in another first mistake by Tiephae whose foreword failed it at the wrong time today.
A scary battle that included Umpire Mo Lahyani chair advising a parent in the crowd to “please give that child a love” in response to a crying child ended up with a well -earned ovation after two hours, 24 minutes.
“Tunnel Vision,” Deur Minaur wrote on the Court’s camera, summarizing another bold win for the 2025 ATP hard-chomant victory.
