Facing a qualifier within the Australian Open first spherical fits Alex de Minaur, whose strategy to tournaments is to not get caught up in his opponent or draw situations.
The twenty second seed suffered his first loss to British veteran Andy Murray of their Open warm-up on the Kooyong Classic on Thursday, taking place 6-3 6-2.
But the 23-year-old Australian was pleased with how his recreation was monitoring forward of his Melbourne Park opener, along with his opponent to be determined on the finish of qualifying.
“I’m still very happy with the way I’m playing, it’s a great prep for me,” de Minaur stated.
“I think we both bring out the best tennis in each other and we come up with some pretty good rallies and variety, so it’s always a good hit-up before the Aussie Open.”
Should he advance by spherical one, de Minaur will play both big-serving American John Isner or Frenchman Adrian Mannarino.
De Minaur stated he most well-liked to not look past his subsequent opponent.
“I normally don’t really like to look at the draw,” he said.
“I like to simply know who my first-round opponent is and that is about it after which we go from there.
“Ultimately my draw always kind of gets spoiled because of media, because they always like to look ahead, but I’m the type of person that likes to take it day by day, so I don’t get too far ahead of myself.”
Murray has proven some classic kind at Kooyong, the win his second after accounting for China’s Zhang Zhizhen on Wednesday.
The 35-year-old has received three majors and reached the Australian Open last thrice, and de Minaur stated one other grand slam title wasn’t past him.
“If he plays like he did today, I mean of course, he’s got that level, but it’s just about maintaining it for two weeks as that’s ultimately what you’ve got to do to win a (grand) slam,” de Minaur stated.
Murray was upbeat, along with his rating climbing again to No.49 after his profession was nearly ended by a persistent hip subject.
“I had a good level in today’s match and part of yesterday’s,” he stated.
“I’m playing the tennis I need to try and be successful.
“I just like the circumstances right here, I’m hitting the ball properly and shifting properly. When I try this my tennis tends to be good,.
“I’ll focus the next couple of days on maintaining and hopefully having a good run (at the Open).”
In different outcomes, Taylor Fritz adopted up on his Team USA United Cup title by overcoming Australian Alexei Popyrin 7-6 (7-4) 6-1.
Fellow American Brandon Nakashima downed one other native hope, Jordan Thompson, 6-4 6-2.
