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Sydney Morning Herald
14 hours ago
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘Stop obsessing about rankings': Why Alex de Minaur is returning to Wimbledon wracked with doubts
Alex de Minaur waltzed through the All England club gates last year with a pep in his step after a surprise quarter-final run at Roland-Garros. Twelve months later, Australia's best tennis player returns to the scene of his dramatic Wimbledon quarter-final appearance riddled with doubts and searching for answers. De Minaur has candidly shared his mental and physical weariness across the past month, and his scheduling decisions and recent results – including a second-round exit in Paris – illuminated those words. His confession about not enjoying a hitting session on grass with his fiancee Katie Boulter after his Roland-Garros flop was another reason for concern, and even took him by surprise. 'I was like, 'I can't remember the last time I haven't enjoyed having a hit on the grass',' de Minaur said. De Minaur's response to that unfamiliar feeling was to take a few more days off, in the hope that would re-energise him for what is typically one of the most productive swings of his season. That optimism was dulled when he suffered a comprehensive straight-sets defeat to powerful Czech Jiri Lehecka at Queen's Club last week. The Lehecka result means de Minaur's calculated risk of prioritising more rest and training time over defending his 's-Hertogenbosch title leaves him with just one competitive grasscourt match under his belt.
The Age
14 hours ago
- Sport
- The Age
‘Stop obsessing about rankings': Why Alex de Minaur is returning to Wimbledon wracked with doubts
Alex de Minaur waltzed through the All England club gates last year with a pep in his step after a surprise quarter-final run at Roland-Garros. Twelve months later, Australia's best tennis player returns to the scene of his dramatic Wimbledon quarter-final appearance riddled with doubts and searching for answers. De Minaur has candidly shared his mental and physical weariness across the past month, and his scheduling decisions and recent results – including a second-round exit in Paris – illuminated those words. His confession about not enjoying a hitting session on grass with his fiancee Katie Boulter after his Roland-Garros flop was another reason for concern, and even took him by surprise. 'I was like, 'I can't remember the last time I haven't enjoyed having a hit on the grass',' de Minaur said. De Minaur's response to that unfamiliar feeling was to take a few more days off, in the hope that would re-energise him for what is typically one of the most productive swings of his season. That optimism was dulled when he suffered a comprehensive straight-sets defeat to powerful Czech Jiri Lehecka at Queen's Club last week. The Lehecka result means de Minaur's calculated risk of prioritising more rest and training time over defending his 's-Hertogenbosch title leaves him with just one competitive grasscourt match under his belt.
