{"id":321071,"date":"2025-08-05T23:46:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T23:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/321071\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T23:46:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T23:46:11","slug":"the-big-claim-alex-de-minaur-made-about-jannik-sinners-groundstrokes-after-facing-him-in-canada-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/321071\/","title":{"rendered":"The big claim Alex de Minaur made about Jannik Sinner’s groundstrokes after facing him in Canada in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alex de Minaur is on an eight-match winning streak heading into his Canadian Open quarter-final against Ben Shelton.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Australian, who left his fiance Katie Boulter \u2018in awe\u2019<\/a> after winning the Washington Open title, secured an impressive three-set victory over Frances Tiafoe on Saturday.<\/p>\n

This is not the first time de Minaur<\/a> has reached the latter stages in Canada. In 2023, he reached his first ATP Masters 1000 final at the Canadian Open.<\/p>\n

It remains the only Masters 1000 final the \u2018Demon\u2019 has competed in.<\/p>\n

In 2023, de Minaur ran into a rampant Jannik Sinner<\/a>, who was just five months out from securing his first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"DePhoto by Scott Taetsch\/Getty ImagesAlex de Minaur said Jannik Sinner has the \u2018hardest groundstrokes I\u2019ve probably ever dealt\u2019<\/p>\n

In the 2023 Canadian Open final, Jannik Sinner defeated Alex de Minaur in convincing fashion, winning 6-4 6-1.<\/p>\n

Sinner was also competing in his first Masters 1000 final and subsequently secured his first title at that level.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters after the match, de Minaur was candid about Sinner\u2019s performance, noting that the Italian \u2018deserved\u2019 the victory.\u2019<\/p>\n

De Minaur said: \u201cYeah, look, Jannik is a hell of a player. He\u2019s got some of the hardest groundstrokes I\u2019ve probably ever dealt, to be honest. All these things I knew coming in. I knew what to expect.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think, ultimately, he kind of executed his game plan a little bit better than I was able to do mine.<\/p>\n

\"JannikPhoto by Vaughn Ridley\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, the plan was to try to neutralise as much as I could, try to keep my depth. And as soon as I had a chance, try to take control of the rally, dictate, come in and be aggressive, and all that.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, yeah, look, he played an extremely high level. I think he returned really well, as well. You know, I was constantly under pressure on my serve.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd, yeah, it was just one of those days. He deserved it today. He came out and played a very high level.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alex de Minaur has lost all 10 matches against Jannik Sinner<\/p>\n

Jannik Sinner and Alex de Minaur have played each other 10 times on the ATP Tour. De Minaur has won none of those contests.<\/p>\n

Moreover, Sinner has only lost one set against de Minaur during those 10 matches. The Italian has won 18 straight sets against de Minaur since losing the opening set during their match at the 2020 Sofia <\/p>\n

The Italian first defeated de Minaur in straight sets at the Next Gen ATP Finals in 2019. Sinner\u2019s most recent victory came at the 2025 Australian Open, where he defeated the Australian 6-3 6-2 6-1.<\/p>\n\nYear<\/td>\nTournament<\/td>\nRound<\/td>\nJannik Sinner\u2019s score against Alex de Minaur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2019<\/td>\nNext Gen ATP Finals<\/td>\nFinal<\/td>\n4-2 4-1 4-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2020<\/td>\nSofia Open<\/td>\nQuarter-final<\/td>\n6-7 6-4 6-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2022<\/td>\nAustralian Open<\/td>\nRound of 16<\/td>\n7-6 6-3 6-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2022<\/td>\nMadrid Open<\/td>\nRound of 32<\/td>\n6-4 6-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2023<\/td>\nCanadian Open<\/td>\nFinal<\/td>\n6-4 6-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2023<\/td>\nDavis Cup Finals<\/td>\nFinal<\/td>\n6-3 6-0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2024<\/td>\nRotterdam Open<\/td>\nFinal<\/td>\n7-5 6-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2024<\/td>\nATP Finals<\/td>\nRound Robin<\/td>\n6-3 6-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2024<\/td>\nDavis Cup Finals<\/td>\nSemi-final<\/td>\n6-3 6-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2025<\/td>\nAustralian Open<\/td>\nQuarter-final<\/td>\n6-3 6-2 6-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Sinner is seemingly a player who can easily combat the strengths of de Minaur, and the \u2018Demon\u2019 will hope to avoid ending up in the Italian\u2019s half of the draw at both the Cincinnati Open and US Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex de Minaur is on an eight-match winning streak heading into his Canadian Open quarter-final against Ben Shelton.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[11809,79963,66689,4718,79,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-321071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-alex-de-minaur","9":"tag-atp-tennis-players","10":"tag-canadian-open","11":"tag-jannik-sinner","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114978828404904794","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}