De Minaur warns competition: "I'm reaching a new peak in my career"

Le 16/06/2024 à 18h32 par Elio Valotto

De Minaur warns competition: I'm reaching a new peak in my career

Alex De Minaur is quite a customer on the circuit this season. After winning the title in Acapulco at the start of the year, he already has 8 victories over members of the world's top 8 (Fritz, Djokovic, Zverev, Rublev, Dimitrov, Tsitsipas, Ruud, Medvedev). After a very respectable clay-court season given his status on the surface, he has launched his grass-court season to perfection. Registered in Bois-le-Duc, he held his own very well, winning all his matches fairly comfortably.

Victorious on Sunday, overcoming Sebastian Korda, ranked 27th in the world, in the final (6-2, 6-4 in 1h35), the 25-year-old made no secret of his delight. As he reaches his career-high ranking of world No. 7 on Monday, the Australian is hungry for more. Interviewed in the press conference, he was confident and ready for battle: "I'm reaching a new peak in my career. This victory is always a nice little bonus. The first week on grass couldn't have gone any better.

I'm looking forward to what's to come with Queens and the whole grass-court season. Yes, I'm smiling and I'm ready."

De Minaur, Alex [1]

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Korda, Sebastian [7]

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Alex De Minaur

8e, 3735 points

Sebastian Korda

22e, 2015 points

Taylor Fritz

4e, 5050 points

Novak Djokovic

6e, 3900 points

Alexander Zverev

2e, 8135 points

Andrey Rublev

10e, 3220 points

Grigor Dimitrov

11e, 3110 points

Stefanos Tsitsipas

12e, 3005 points

Casper Ruud

5e, 4160 points

Daniil Medvedev

7e, 3780 points

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"Warns competition"? Lmao. Please tell me you're trolling with this headline. It remains painfully obvious that De Minaur simply isn't a Slam contender. Hell, Alex would need a plethora of injury luck just to win a single Masters 1000 event in his career.

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