{"id":121483,"date":"2025-08-05T17:56:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T17:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/121483\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T17:56:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T17:56:13","slug":"alex-de-minaur-shares-what-hes-heard-critics-say-about-him-which-makes-him-even-more-hungry-for-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/121483\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex de Minaur shares what he’s heard critics say about him which makes him even more hungry for success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alex de Minaur has been on a tear since losing in the Wimbledon quarter-finals.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Australian has won his last eight ATP Tour matches; winning the Washington Open title<\/a> and reaching the Canadian Open quarter-finals.<\/p>\n

De Minaur\u2019s most recent victory, against Frances Tiafoe, sparked broad admiration for the Australian on social media after an incredible demonstration of court coverage<\/a> at a significant point in the match.<\/p>\n

However, the 26-year-old has failed to defeat a top-10 ATP player this season, which raises various questions regarding his Grand Slam title-winning credentials.<\/p>\n

After defeating Tiafoe in three sets at the Canadian Open, de Minaur discussed the motivation he takes from any criticism he receives.<\/p>\n

\"AlexPhoto by Mert Alper Dervis\/Anadolu via Getty Images\u2018I hear all the reasons why I shouldn\u2019t be in the top 10\u2019<\/p>\n

Speaking to the Tennis Channel after his victory over Tiafoe<\/a>, De Minaur explained what drives his constant pursuit of improvement.<\/p>\n

De Minaur said: \u201cI think what drives that constant pursuit of improving is just\u2026 yeah I hear all the reasons why I shouldn\u2019t be in the top 10, or all the reasons why I shouldn\u2019t be where I am, people don\u2019t understand it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I see and I hear that, it just drives me, because I want more, I want to prove these people wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it ends up making me find all those different aspects of my game where I can improve. And I know there\u2019s a lot of different aspects and obviously the serve is a big one. The serve comes and goes depending on the week but it has been an improvement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I\u2019ve been a lot more aggressive and just have the mindset right, like be okay with the result not going your way but playing on your terms. So these kind of things all together have given me a pretty good mindset. That\u2019s what I\u2019m clawing at at the moment, a pretty good mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n

De Minaur then added: \u201cI just want it, I want it badly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ben Shelton has high praise for Alex de Minaur<\/p>\n

Alex de Minaur faces big-serving Ben Shelton<\/a> in the Canadian Open<\/a> quarter-finals. Like de Minaur, Shelton came through a gargantuan battle, this time against Italian star Flavio Cobolli<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shelton and de Minaur have never contested a match on the ATP Tour.<\/p>\n

De Minaur will have to work on his serve ahead of his clash against Shelton. The \u2018Demon\u2019 only made 42 per cent of his first serves against Frances Tiafoe. He was somewhat fortunate that Tiafoe also struggled on serve, landing only 48 per cent of his first serves throughout the contest.<\/p>\n

After the match, Shelton spoke about de Minaur, saying he is \u2018prepared for a war.\u2019 Shelton and de Minaur have never contested a match on the ATP Tour.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters, Shelton said: \u201cYeah, he\u2019s a dawg. I\u2019m ready for it. And for people who haven\u2019t heard that saying, that\u2019s a good thing ][laughing]. He\u2019s very fast. He\u2019s in a great rhythm, you saw what he did in DC. He\u2019s a great front runner, and you can never count him out when he\u2019s down.<\/p>\n

\"BenPhoto by Matthew Stockman\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

So I\u2019m prepared for a war. I\u2019m really excited. It\u2019s our first matchup. We\u2019ve had some practice, some competitive practice sets. He puts it on the line in practice as well, that\u2019s one of the things that I love about him. Yeah, I\u2019m really excited. <\/p>\n

\u201cI love playing against, you know, some of the best players in the world in late stages of tournaments, so that\u2019s the only thing that you can hope for, and what I always look forward to.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s playing amazing tennis. You guys saw it last week in DC. We saw some of the highlights of what he\u2019s done so far here. Yeah, I\u2019m really enjoying and looking forward to that matchup.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex de Minaur has been on a tear since losing in the Wimbledon quarter-finals. The Australian has won…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":121484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[60098,4412,62,1464,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-121483","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-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114977451872226027","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}