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<\/p>\nAlex de Minaur will open his Barcelona Open run this week, hoping to find more consistency after a slow start to the clay court swing.<\/p>\n
De Minaur exited the Monte-Carlo Masters in the quarterfinals, falling in three sets to home favourite Valentin Vacherot. Since winning Rotterdam back in February, he\u2019s struggled for form.<\/p>\n
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He was knocked out early at both the Mexican Open and Miami Open and picked up just one win at Indian Wells.<\/p>\n
But there were some encouraging signs in Monte-Carlo. De Minaur managed back-to-back wins for the first time in a while, giving him something to build on heading into Barcelona.<\/p>\n
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Alex de Minaur reflects on his form following the Monte-Carlo Masters<\/p>\n
Speaking to Tennis TV about how he feels his clay game is shaping up, De Minaur said: \u201cYeah, look, it could be better, it could be worse, right? If you get a couple of wins under your belt, it\u2019s always a good thing.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt always gives you a little bit of confidence. But at the same time, I still feel like there\u2019s plenty of things I would like to improve on and get better with.<\/p>\n
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\u201cBut it was the first week on clay, so you take the positives, you move on to the next week, and hopefully you can tweak a couple of things and play even better.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did I like? I liked that I got back into the winner\u2019s circle. I felt like after a tough month, which wasn\u2019t really like myself, I got a couple of early losses.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd even though my level wasn\u2019t bad, or I didn\u2019t feel like I was too afraid about my level, I just wasn\u2019t able to win those matches, right?<\/p>\n
\u201cSo to get back, win a couple of tough matches, play the bigger points a little bit better, it kind of gives you a little bit of confidence.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAnd obviously, just movement and feeling comfortable and adapting to a completely different game style on the clay has worked so far.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alex de Minaur sets clear target for clay swing ahead of Roland Garros<\/p>\n
The build-up to Roland Garros is a busy one on the clay calendar, with three ATP Masters 1000 events scheduled in Monte-Carlo, Madrid and Rome.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a very long stint,\u201d said De Minaur. \u201cAnd these first couple of weeks, they\u2019re great because they\u2019re one-week events, right?<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then kind of everything\u2019s a lot more straightforward. You play, you back up the next day, and it makes it kind of easier to get into routines. It\u2019s normally the Madrid-Rome stint, which is quite a long one.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAnd ultimately, the only way to make it shorter really is to win a lot of matches, right? So that\u2019s going to be the goal to hopefully be in the tournaments, to get a lot of matches.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity for me to try and gain some points, gain some momentum going into Paris, but it\u2019s all going to come down to me being fresh mentally. I think that\u2019s going to be the biggest thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
De Minaur faces Sebastian Ofner in his opening round match at the Barcelona Open.<\/p>\n
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