Alex de Minaur won an all-Aussie battle to return to the quarterfinals in Atlanta, where he joins Aleksandar Vukic. Daria Saville and Alexei Popyrin are into clay-court quarterfinals in Europe.
Atlanta, United States, 27 July 2023 | Matt Trollope
Atlanta, USA
Defending champion Alex de Minaur out-steadied Thanasi Kokkinakis to return to the quarterfinals of the ATP 250 tournament in Atlanta.
In the first professional meeting between the two Australians, De Minaur rebounded from 3-0 down in the second set to complete a 6-3 6-4 triumph.
De Minaur, who won the Atlanta titles in 2019 and 2022, improves to 10-1 lifetime at the event. He next faces Ugo Humbert.
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