NEW YORK (Reuters) -Australian Alex De Minaur reached the second week of the U.S. Open for the third year in a row with little fanfare on Saturday and said he intended to keep winning until the tournament organisers were forced to give him better billing.

Despite being the eighth seed and a 2024 quarter-finalist at Flushing Meadows, De Minaur’s third-round match against German Daniel Altmaier was scheduled for Court 17 – the smallest of the four stadium venues in the precinct.

“It is a little bit of a headscratcher for me. I’m not gonna lie,” he told reporters after progressing 6-7(7) 6-3 6-4 2-0 when Altmaier retired.

“I’ve got nothing against Court 17, I’ve played some good matches on that court, but I kind of felt like maybe I could have played on a bigger court.”But, hey, the way I

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