Alex de Minaur has missed out on a top-four US Open seeding after crashing out in the fourth round of the Cincinnati Masters.<\/p>\n
De Minaur had the chance to climb into the world’s top five with a deep run at the final Masters 1000 event before the season’s last grand slam in New York.<\/p>\n
But the Australian number one delivered a flat performance to fall 6-3, 6-4 to rising Frenchman Arthur Fils in just 82 minutes on Wednesday (Thursday AEST).<\/p>\n
De Minaur dropped serve once in each set and was unable to break the 21st seed at all.<\/p>\n
The world number eight’s exit means de Minaur is certain to be seeded in the top eight at Flushing Meadows, still ensuring the Australian does not run into a higher-ranked player until at least the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
But with Carlos Alcaraz still injured, de Minaur could have snatched a US Open top-four seeding and been guaranteed to avoid heavyweights such as Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev until at least the semifinals.<\/p>\n
Australian qualifier Chris O’Connell plays his fourth-round match in Cincinnati later on Thursday against American sixth seed Taylor Fritz.<\/p>\n
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