‘I’ll find a way’: Alex de Minaur wins into quarter-finals at injury cost
Alex de Minaur has reached his first Wimbledon quarter-final and downplayed an injury that gave him a fright at the end against French showman Arthur Fils.
Alex de Minaur has reached his first Wimbledon quarter-final and downplayed the injury that gave him a fright at the end of his victory over French showman Arthur Fils.
The Australian didn’t celebrate his four-set triumph (6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3) and looked like he’d seen a ghost after hurting his hip but later claimed the issue was no major concern.
“Just slid out to a forehand on my first match point and felt like I jarred my hip a little bit,” de Minaur said later.
“Was a little bit ginger. It’s probably a little bit of a scare more than anything. The situation was tight.
“In a way it helped me relax and finish off the match. I’m feeling pretty decent. The body went through a pretty physical match. Body feels a little bit ginger everywhere. I’m not going to lie,” he said.
“But I’ve done my recovery and I’m sure I’ll be feeling great tomorrow. I’ll be right. I’ll find a way.”
The ninth-seeded de Minaur will face 24-time major champion Novak Djokovic in the last eight. Djokovic defeated Denmark’s Holger Rune 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.
De Minaur has become a darling of the British fans because he’s the boyfriend of English player Katie Boulter.
They swoon as if they’re thinking oh, isn’t he lovely, we approve.
Asked by a London reporter if he would fly the flag for the Brits at The Championships, de Minaur replied: “Oh, 100 per cent. I’ll take all the support I can get. I can be the honorary Brit here at Wimbledon.
“I do feel very loved out there, I must say. I love coming here to Wimbledon. I always feel like I play some of my best tennis. Over the years I feel like the support I’ve had has grown significantly.
“It’s a great feeling as a player to know you’ve got a lot of people in the stadium backing you in, having your back when essentially you’re so far away from home.”
Other fourth-round winners on Monday were Jelena Ostapenko, Elena Rybakina, Elina Svitolina, Barbora Krejcikova, Taylor Fritz and Lorenzo Musetti.
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