A buoyant Alex de Minaur has been left undeterred by his Queen’s Club last defeat and believes he is within the way of thinking to beat anybody at Wimbledon.
Not moping over his 6-4 6-4 loss to the incoming world No.1 Carlos Alcaraz in Sunday’s last, Australia’s prime males’s participant has been left delighted by the calm mindset that transported him to the championship match in one of many sport’s most revered tournaments.
“Overall, a great week, feeling confident, now on to Wimby,” mentioned de Minaur, who’s booked a top-16 seeding for the grass-court slam along with his glorious week’s work.
“The positive for the week for me has been my mentality, my mindset, how calm I have been on the court and how I have backed myself at every stage. When I’m in that kind of mindset and attitude, I can beat anyone.
“Even if issues do not go my method, I’m content material as a result of I do know I left all of it on the market and I attempt to play the way in which that I need to play. That’s a giant constructive for me coming into Wimbledon.
“Any time I step out on a grass court, I’m very confident. It’s a part of the year I really enjoy. I think it suits my game really well. I can find a lot of my opponents’ weaknesses and exploit them.”
But de Minaur, who appears far more snug on grass courts than lots of his contemporaries after first enjoying on the floor as a 9 year-old in Sydney, just isn’t positive how a lot of a bonus his top-16 seeding, which in principle ought to make his passage to Wimbledon’s second week smoother, will show.
“In theory, you might get a little bit more protected with your seeding, but you can play anyone first round and it’s no secret,” mentioned de Minaur, who was fifteenth seed in 2021 however nonetheless received crushed within the first spherical after being drawn with the unseeded Sebastian Korda.
“There’s a lot of very dangerous players that are unseeded, and that can be very tricky,” mentioned de Minaur.
“But a top-16 seeding is a good spot to be in. Hopefully, I can have a good Wimbledon, and reach a career high, but I’m taking it very, very slowly.”
Currently 16 on the planet rankings, a visit to the second week might elevate de Minaur past his career-best excessive of No.15 on the planet, which he reached after profitable the Eastbourne International within the build-up to the 2021 Wimbledon.
He’s determined to drag out of this week’s Eastbourne occasion, however will journey to the south-coast seaside venue for pre-Wimbledon follow whereas managing to spend a while along with his girlfriend, British No.1 Katie Boulter.
“I’ll be taking a couple of days off, for starters, and then probably start hitting back on maybe Wednesday. It’s time to kind of rest the mind, enjoy myself, maybe play a little bit of golf and get ready for hopefully a good run at Wimbledon.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
