Alex de Minaur reaches Queen's Club quarterfinals

Top-seeded Australian Alex de Minaur advanced to the quarterfinals of the Queen's Club Championships in London on Wednesday, continuing his strong form on grass and setting up a clash with American Brandon Nakashima. The world No. 6 defeated Canada's Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 6-1 in just 64 minutes on the Andy Murray Arena court.

The victory extended de Minaur's perfect professional record against Shapovalov to 6-0, avenging a loss to the Canadian in the 2016 Wimbledon boys' singles final a decade ago. De Minaur acknowledged the personal history of the rivalry, noting they grew up competing against each other. Statistically, Shapovalov out-aced de Minaur 7-0 but was undone by nine double faults and 29 unforced errors. De Minaur saved three of four break points and capitalized on five of his eleven break opportunities.

This marks de Minaur's 63rd ATP Tour quarterfinal and follows his run to the final at the Libema Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, just last week. In that championship match, he fell to Poland's Kamil Majchrzak in a tight three-set contest. Majchrzak's victory was his first ATP Tour title.

De Minaur's next opponent is Brandon Nakashima, who advanced with a 6-2, 6-2...