Alex de Minaur locks in Novak Djokovic showdown after beating August Holmgren
After winning the Fils, he remains engraved in the memory of the audience at a time when he should be cheerful.
“How life works funny. Here we are a year later and I will take this match [but] A tour before, ”Minaur said.
Alex de Minaur clearly greets Holmgren after his victory.Credit: Getty Images
“But still, it was a cruel time for me last year, it has to deal with all these feelings. Here a year later; I feel good, I feel ready to go and I will get my chances again, so I’m excited about it.”
De Minaur rose to the world’s best number 6, although Wimbledon could not play the quarterfinals, but he missed the next seven weeks-Olympic dual camera cell with Alexei Popyrin before reaching the Open Quarter Finals.
After that, he sat for six more weeks trying to heal and he returned only to complete his goal of participating in the year -end tour finals, but he wasn’t the same player for the rest of the season.
Djokovic Duel, the 12 -year -old Djokovic’s young people, Minaur’un offers the chance to complete some unfinished jobs.
Novak Djokovic from Serbia is playing a backhand against Miomir Kecmanovic.Credit: Getty Images
“I think I definitely have two versions of myself. It was a very reassuring of myself last year and ready to seize the world. I stood on my runway,” he said.
Im I can say that the version I am right now is much smarter and I had much more experience. I have played much bigger matches.
“Maybe my level was very high last year and quite dangerous; I feel like this year, mentally, I am in a really good place. I hope the game, tennis will come.”
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The Australian star fell a set in the first three rounds, and after the second round of Roland-Garros, he was greatly affected after he admitted that he suffered from mental fatigue to Alexander Bublik from two sets.
In Queen’s Club, where De Minaur traditionally performed well, the first defeat to Jiri Lehecka was a shock result, but he took a friendly draw in SW19.
Spanish Roberto Carballes Baena and the French Arthur Cazaux raid the dominant victories – after leaving the first set – he took him to the third round, where Holmgren’s heroes were waiting to take Machac in the first great Islamic lottery of Holmgren’s heroes.
The average ranking of the first three competitors of De Minaur was 127, so the Djokovic match will be a Titanic step. But at least it will be comfortable that Holmren provides some resistance.
De Minaur, Dane was constantly breathing -selection to overcome the distress that Dane found him in the first set in the first set needed to claim the authority of eight breaks.
Alex de Minaur August Holmgren from Australia plays a backhand against Holmgren.Credit: Getty Images
There were several services and others that pulled back short balls that Holmgren escaped from Forehanden for the winners. In his first service, he made an average of 207km/s an average and 226km/s, so the best return of the tour cut the minaur.
De Minaur fell to a Forehand to finish a 18 -point game of Holmgren, when he easily served his opening set relatively.
The second set headed in the same way when Minaur was broken again in the ninth match, but Holmgren returned to limit him to 0-40 before leaving behind his fourth chance in the game.
Until then, the inspiring Dane’s confidence was increasing, and the fearless kick helped him to force a Tiebreaker, while he threatened to level the match on a set.
If the second service of de Minaur in Tiebreak, all of them descended narrowly for longer, instead of gathering chalk, as Holmgren had fallen on the way back, everything could be different. He apologized to the Australian reserve, then watched Holmgren’s couple benefits to give him a set.
Another Holmgren couple gave 4-2 edges in the third set in the third set, and finally reserved 16 rounds at the third match point with a third AS.
Beaten to Melbourne
Kasatkina’s former Billie Jean King Cup’s defeat to Samsonova will see his bags for his new hometown Melbourne in the next few days.
In March, the 28 -year -old child competed in the second main branch in Wimbledon for his adopted country in Australia and fought to keep up with Samsonova, especially in service.
Daria Kasatkina, Liudmila Samsonova after losing the court fluctuating.Credit: AP
The two loose service games sealed Kasatkina’s first set fate and meant that when his shirt was caught and his shirt was caught and the second set could not object to his shooting at the last point of the opening game.
Samsonova was broken for 2-0, and then the rain saved sequential Break points before intervening for the next two hours.
Kasatkina re -threw the first two points – the second after a wild Samsonova Forehandin – but every time he made a road, he would rebuild his Russian rival authority.
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Kasatkina, “I knew it would be a very difficult match because Liudmila was in a lot, especially on the grass won a lot of matches,” he said. “Of course, I think I can do better on my side, but I have to give him a loan – he played a very good match.”
Kasatkina will make a hurricane trip to Melbourne to try to find a house and will continue to be an Australian citizen who should be in the BJK Cup before representing his new country.
World No.18 needs ITF approval after playing with Russia in 2021 and winning the title of BJK Cup. This Masthead told Masthead that Australia had a chance to play in the BJK Cup tie in Hobart in November before Wimbledon.
Im I will fly to Australia in the next few days. I know there is winter there, so I will experience the winter of Australia, not a summer for the first time in my life, ”he said.
“I’m going there [only] A few days because the calendar is quite tight. I must be a citizen first [before playing BJK Cup for Australia]And they can move forward from now on. But there’s not much to move before that. “
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