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De Minaur battles past Halys into China Open quarters
Alex de Minaur defeats French qualifier Quentin Halys in a nearly three-hour epic to reach the quarterfinal in Beijing.
In brief
Alex de Minaur defeats French qualifier Quentin Halys in a nearly three-hour epic to reach the quarterfinal in Beijing. De Minaur beat Halys three six, seven six, seven five in two hours forty-seven minutes at the China Open to reach the quarterfinal. Originally reported by Abc.
De Minaur pushed to the limit
Alex de Minaur faced French qualifier Quentin Halys at the China Open in Beijing on Saturday. Halys, ranked world number fifty, won the first set six three.
Halys serves for the match
In the second set, Halys opened a five three lead and was serving for the match. De Minaur broke back and forced a tiebreak, which he won seven five.
De Minaur clinches the decider
The third set remained close until de Minaur broke at five five to secure a hard-fought three six, seven six, seven five victory in two hours forty-seven minutes.
Head-to-head record evened
The win evened de Minaur and Halys' head-to-head record at two two. De Minaur is world number ten and advances to face Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinal.
Rublev also battles through
Rublev, currently ranked number twenty in the world and a former top ten player, beat fellow Russian Roman Safiullin six two, three six, six four in his second round match.
De Minaur chasing last year's run
De Minaur reached the China Open semifinals last year before losing to then world number one Jannik Sinner. He will look to repeat or better that performance against Rublev.
What it means
De Minaur beat Halys three six, seven six, seven five in two hours forty-seven minutes at the China Open to reach the quarterfinal.
