Australian Open: Alex de Minaur’s Love for the Major

During all moments of milestones, Alex de Minaur has had about his professional tennis career of almost 10 years, including nine ATP singles titles, there is a victory that stands out.

It was the first round of the 2017 Australia Open in the first main tie of the Minour in its first important championship in his country of origin, when the then 17 -year -old saved a game point on the fourth set before beating Gerald Melzer in five sets and almost.

“I remember everything about that game,” said the Telefónica interview of the Minaur Puerta shortly after arriving at Sydney, Australia, his hometown, at the end of last month to start his 2025 season playing for Australia in the United Cup That had grown by dreaming of a role.

The Minaur, now 25 years old, has become the great hope of Australia. Last season, in addition to Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal notches, he beat Alexander Zverev, Daniil Medvedev, Taylor Fritz, Andrey Rublev, Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas, winner of Titsch, Mexico and the Dutchman, Yyy A., Yyy the a. And the A-hertogen, and the Axico, Yyyyyyy, Yyyy, Yyyyyy at number 6 of the race in July in July.

But well, he also suffered exucian losses, most of the things in the 16 round in the Australian Open, the Minaur tournament said more coveted.

The Minaur lost about two crucial game last summer when he suffered a hip injury in Wimbledon and was forced to retire from his quarterfinal match with Djokovic. The Minaur returned just in time for the United States Open, where it fell to Jack Draper in the quarterfinals.

Known for its amazing speed and determination of the foot, the Minaur was classified as one of the eight best players for its first ATP finals last November. His nickname, demon of speed or demon for abbreviation has been duly won.

“The guy moves well and is very fast,” Draper said during the US Open last year. “It is relentless of the ground, the balls are simply not lost.”

The Minour admitted that it was always so fast.

“When I was a child, very big feet and it was quite lethargic,” he said. “I really didn’t grow up in my body until the end of my adolescence. But there was always a lot of emphasis on movement and technique.”

The Minaur spent the low season of December working in ways of strengthening and fit. He and his lifelong girlfriend, the WTA Pro Katie Boulter, also announced their commitment just before Christmas. He acknowledged that having a partner in the same professional has made both better players.

Just although he grew up dividing his time between Australia and Spain, his mother’s homeland, and his lifelong coach, Adolfo Gutiérrez, is Spanish, there was no doubt that the minusy compete for Australia, especially in the Davis Cup. He said that being chosen as the orange child for a tie against Slovakia in Sydney in 2016 was one of the great emotions of his life.

“An orange child used to peel the oranges for the players while they were on the court,” said the Minaur. “And collect the balls, get water, only help with anything. Normally it is when debuts, and it means that you are there to learn and observe. That’s where I learned a lot about the importance and heritage of Australian tennis.”

The Minaur venerates the greats of the country, including Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall, John Newcombe and Pat Rafter, along with their own mentors, Lleyton Hewitt and Tony Roche. If I had the opportunity to play against any ancient great Australian, I would choose Roche just to experience his evil dumps. He would like the mind to see his name included throughout the admires.

“Considering all the greats who have come before me,” said the Minaur, “if I could finish my career and be some, it’s just a Blip or Australian history, that would be a fairly pleasant result.”