Alex de Minaur

2022 - 5 - 25

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Alex de Minaur upset with partisan French Open crowd after defeat (The Guardian)

Alex de Minaur has hit out at the Paris fans who he believes went 'over the line' amid a deafening atmosphere on Court Suzanne Lenglen.

He enjoyed every second of it but there’s a line ... “When I’m getting told things by people in the crowd, making eye contact with me after I hit a double fault, I think there’s a certain line that needs to be kind of looked at. But de Minaur was left upset by the behaviour of some of the raucous crowd, the details of which he was loth to reveal.

Alex de Minaur unhappy with boisterous French fans after five-set ... (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Australia's top-ranked player is out of Roland Garros, accusing the boisterous home crowd of going over the line with their impassioned support for his ...

Probably in hindsight I should have skipped the first couple of tournaments and just started at Aussie and had a bit more time off.” “The back is a real battle. But some of those days are few and far between.” “I think I was home for 12 days and the season started again,” he said. “What I know is I didn’t play my best tennis when I needed to in the ‘super-buster’. It’s a shame.” “I think there’s a difference between a great atmosphere and supporting your fellow countryman, which is completely fine and it’s great,” he said after the four-hour battle.

'There's a line': French crowd riles Aussie (NEWS.com.au)

Shattered Alex de Minaur declared French fans crossed the line with their support of local Hugo Gaston, who ended the Australian's campaign at Roland Garros ...

Similar crowds supporting Australians at home have often been criticised by players at the Australian Open, but de Minaur was still put off by the behaviour of some of the crowd during the match, which was decided by a fifth-set tie-break. Shattered Alex de Minaur declared French fans crossed the line with their support of local Hugo Gaston, who ended the Australian’s campaign at Roland Garros in a five-set stunner. Boisterous home crowds in Australia can help locals but the reverse happened to Alex de Minaur in Paris.

Aussie's swipe at raucous Roland-Garros crowd (Wide World of Sports)

Australian Alex de Minaur singled out the French crowd's behaviour following his loss to local hope Hugo Ga...

The defeat continued an unsuccessful tilt at the tournament for de Minaur in recent years, with the loss to Gaston his fourth in the first round. "But good for him for playing a great match in front of his home crowd and being able to feed off that, and having a moment that I'm sure he won't forget." De Minaur copped it from the crowd from the outset, with the parochial French crowd raining boos down on the US Open quarter-finalist.

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“In any case, there would have been no second match, because I left everything on the court today.” “That is not a good sign! But I thought, ‘I’m going to stay on the court and finish off this match.’ “This is not the smartest decision by Bagnis. I know there is a lot of money on the line, but this is genuinely not the smartest decision he has taken this week to play. “I couldn’t have asked for something better. Goodness me, that leg did not stand up at all.

De Minaur beaten in five-set battle at Roland Garros (Tennis Australia)

Australian Alex de Minaur's Roland Garros 2022 campaigns ends with five-set loss to France's Hugo Gaston.

Sam Stosur (AUS)/Matthew Ebden (AUS) v [WC] Tessa Andrianjafitrimo (FRA)/Fabrice Martin (FRA) [7] Storm Sanders (AUS)/Caroline Dolehide (USA) v Natela Dzalamidze (RUS)/Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) “I have had my best clay-court season to date. “What I have got to do now is put this behind me. “I didn’t play my best in the tiebreak. “I think in the important moments he played better than I did.

French Open 2022: Australia's Alex de Minaur rages as crowd ... (7NEWS.com.au)

Alex de Minaur has hit out after copping a taste of what Nick Kyrgios's opponents received at the Australian Open.

At 3-0 up in the final set, it looked as if de Minaur would join the last-64 crew, seemingly on his way to a magnificent comeback win from two sets to one down as a frustrated Gaston stamped on his own racquet at the changeover, snapping it in half. “It’s the first time I’ve ever walked onto a tennis court and been booed, which for me was a crazy experience,” Broady said. “Ideally, I will sleep tonight and forget all about it, but I have a feeling that won’t be the case,” he said. “When I’m getting told things by people in the crowd, making eye contact with me after I hit a double fault, I think there’s a certain line that needs to be looked at.” “There’s a difference between a great atmosphere and supporting your fellow countryman, which is completely fine and it’s great,” said the Sydneysider. He wasn’t complaining about the “away Davis Cup match atmosphere” which he normally thrives on, but de Minaur was left clearly upset by the behaviour of some of the raucous crowd.