Alex de Minaur beats Felix Auger-Aliassime to reach Italian Open last 16

In short: Alex de Minaur is into the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters, marking another impressive performance on his least favourite surface. De Minaur beat Felix Auger-Aliassime, which is only the second time in 13 attempts that the Australian has managed to beat a top-20 player on clay. The Australian number one demonstrated his growing confidence on the surface, which included a win over Rafael Nadal in Barcelona last month, with a battling three-hour win at the Foro Italico over in-form Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, taking him into the last 16 in Rome for the second time in six attempts. In recent years, while Ash Barty won the tournament in 2019 and Sam Stosur reached the 2010 final, de Minaur has never made it out of the second round, and Nick Kyrgios reached the third round twice, but stopped playing the clay court major in 2017. " Awaiting de Minaur in the fourth round will be sixth seed Stefanos Tsitspas after the Greek defeated Briton Cameron Norrie 6-2, 7-6 and has lost two of 14 clay court matches this season.