Overview

• De Minaur overcame Frances Tiafoe 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 to reach the Canadian Open quarter-finals.
• His win brought him level with Patrick Rafter at 212 tour-level hard-court victories, second most among Australian men in the Open Era.
• The result extended his post-Wimbledon surge to eight straight victories, including a Washington Open title secured after saving three championship points.
• While peers such as Taylor Fritz and Andrey Rublev have struggled with Toronto’s swift hard courts and Wilson US Open balls, de Minaur stressed the importance of adapting over complaint.
• He will meet American Ben Shelton in their first ATP Tour match in the quarter-finals, with Shelton vowing he’s prepared for a “war.”