The fighter gets his personal accolade tennisnet.com

Alex de Minaur won his first title in this category at the Acapulco ATP 500 event. The Australian then felt confirmed on his way.

Not much more than a month ago you could really feel sorry for Alex de Minaur. The Australian was actually in good form and had correspondingly high ambitions when he met Serbian high-flyer Novak Djokovic at the home Grand Slam in Melbourne. It has become a violent, obvious three-set defeat against a loosely playing Djokovic. Who would win the title at the first major event of the year in an impressive manner a few days later.

A defeat that de Minaur undoubtedly had to nibble on. Only to give his career a new milestone in Acapulco: With his three-set win over Tommy Paul in the final, the 24-year-old was crowned champion at ATP 500 level for the first time. “This title is the merit of all the work and suffering that I have experienced over the years. It was a lot of effort to get here,” said de Minaur after his success. “I always believed that I had the level and I was finally able to show it. It was my third final at an ATP 500 event and I was finally able to win one.

Alex de Minaur has big things in mind

Of course, this shouldn’t be the end of it, as de Minaur was quick to emphasize: “Now is the time to keep working, keep getting better and fight to get up the rankings – like I’ve always done in my career have,” said the Australian. “Until now I’ve never been completely happy with my career, I always want to be more and always better. Even at the point where I am now, with an ATP 500 title in my hands, I still want more,” explained the seven-time tour champion. “All of this will give with more strength and motivation to continue pursuing my dreams, which are much bigger.”

So far it has been a problem that he has never been able to show consistently good performances in the big tournaments: Six titles at ATP 250 events and only now in Acapulco the first at ATP 500 level speak a clear language here: ” What I have to do is play better in the Masters 1000 events and the Grand Slams,” emphasized de Minaur. “Technically I might need to be more aggressive at certain moments, maybe have a bit more confidence, but I think I’ve got the level. My record against the top 10 players is a lot better right now than it has been in my entire career, I’m above that I very happy.” Just like winning the title at the Acapulco ATP 500 event.