Alex de Minaur’s mum going viral for heart-melting moment

Alex de Minaur’s mum was all of us as she watched her son move through to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the first time.

Alex de Minaur’s mum was all of us as she watched her son move through to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the first time.

The “Demon” was clinical as he swept away American Alex Michelsen 6-0 7-6 6-3 to set up a blockbuster showdown with world No. 1 Jannik Sinner.

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De Minaur is the first Aussie male to reach the last eight at Melbourne Park since Nick Kyrgios in 2015.

The achievement was not lost on his mum Esther with video of her emotional response going viral.

You can watch the adorable moment in the video player below.

Esther was in tears and needed to be consoled in an adorable moment as the No. 8 seed embraced Michelsen at the net.

“His mum Esther, overwhelmed,” Todd Woodbridge said in commentary on Channel 9.

A Eurosport commentator also said: “It’s too much for the family, but he remains composed”.

The 25-year-old was caught up in his own feelings about having his best performance on home soil.

When asked by Jim Courier what his achievement means, de Minaur responded: “It means the world.

“I love you guys too, so much. There is nothing I want to do more than play well here in Australia in front of you guys.

Alex de Minaur's mum had everyone in tears. Photo: Channel 9.

“So I am glad I finally made it to a quarterfinals here. Let’s go for bigger and better things.”

He also wrote on the TV camera lens: “There’s no place like home”.

De Minaur said his relationship with fiancee Katie Boulter is one of the reasons he is playing the best tennis of his career.

“I don’t believe in coincidences. When you are happy off the court, you play some good tennis on the court,” he said.

The victory was an emotional release for de Minaur, who had fallen at fourth round stage three times previously.

Reaching the quarter-finals means de Minaur and Sinner are the only players on the ATP Tour to reach the quarter-finals at the last four grand slams held.

He is also the first Australian to make four consecutive grand slam quarter-finals since Lleyton Hewitt reached the 2005 Australian Open final.

“I’m super happy, super happy to finally breakthrough, finally get that milestone moment here at the Australian Open,” he said in his post-match media conference.

Alex de Minaur is making believers of us all. Photo by WILLIAM WEST / AFP.

“It feels like the slam that kept on slipping away where I felt like I had a little bit of a barrier at the fourth round.

“So it feels very good to finally break through another milestone in my career.”

De Minaur now has the daunting task of facing world No. 1 Jannik Sinner in the quarterfinal.

The pair have met nine times in the past with the Italian never tasting defeat against his Aussie rival, holding a perfect 9-0 record.

Not only has Sinner never lost, throughout their encounters the Aussie has only taken one set away from him.

“It’s going to be an incredibly tough match and I’m going to have to do something I haven’t done before. But why not start here?” de Minaur said.

“You know, the great thing about tennis is that once you step out on the court, you both start at 0-0, right? It’s a whole new day, a whole new match, and anything can happen. Sports is unpredictable.

“That’s exactly the mindset I’m going to have going into that match. I’m looking forward to it.

Katie Boulter sits amongst Alex de Minaur’s family. Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images.

“That’s the matches I want to be playing. Ultimately, if there is anything, it’s going to be my first match this whole tournament where I’m the underdog and don’t have all the pressure and expectation of, you know, having to win.

“So it’s quite exciting, and I’m looking forward to that.”

Sinner was left feeling “dizzy” and needed medical treatment on court during his fourth round win over 13th seed Holger Rune.

Sinner said he had no injury concerns but had moved awkwardly between points due to an illness, which he was reluctant to share the details of after a medical intervention helped him regain control of the clash midway through the third set.

“I was not feeling really well. I think we saw that today I was struggling physically. I came (to Melbourne Park) as late as possible (on Monday morning),” Sinner said.

“I knew it was going to very difficult today, playing against a tough opponent but also playing against myself a little bit.

“I think today I handled it as well as possible.”

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