Sydneysider beats Belarusian Ilya Ivashka in four sets, but fellow Australians Alexei Popyrin and Chris O’Connell go out
Fellow Australians Alexei Popyrin and Chris O’Connell go outFor a man who moves so swiftly around a tennis court, the key to Alex de Minaur’s opening success at Roland Garros on Monday over Belarusian Ilya Ivashka was stillness.
But after years of turmoil on clay, De Minaur believes he has found an inner-calm on the dirt. He stilled his mind and steeled himself.De Minaur is no longer rebelling against the shifting surface and thinking he is incapable of mastering it, saying he has learned to embrace the challenges and roll with the punches.
“In a split instance, everything can change. It can get frustrating at times. It’s important to be as chilled out as you can and kind of move on. Popyrin snared a set against Aslan Karatsev, a qualifier here but a semi-finalist at Masters level in Madrid earlier in May, when beaten 6-3 6-7 6-1 6-2 in just shy of three hours.O’Connell has enjoyed a prosperous clay court season, but it was clear early in his match against Taro Daniel that something was amiss in his 6-0 6-2 6-4 loss.
De Minaur licked his wounds. He might have felt humiliated. But the Sydneysider is resilient and irrepressible in his determination to get everything out of himself. De Minaur will face Tomas Martin Etcheverry, an Argentinian who broke into the top 100 last year and won his maiden match at a major in Melbourne in January.
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