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<\/p>\nAlex de Minaur is relieved to have finally advanced to the second round after a rain-delayed straight sets win over Andrea Guerrieri.<\/p>\n
“These tournaments, it’s all about adapting and that’s the name of the game,” he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s too much to play for to let something like this affect you, so I\u2019m glad with the way I handled it. I\u2019m glad I got in and out, played a relatively clean match, and now I can focus on the next one.\u201d<\/p>\n
The sixth-seeded Aussie will now take on the 70th-ranked Botic van de Zandschulp on Friday (AEST).<\/p>\n
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Alex de Minaur gestures after he won his match.\u00a0AP Photo\/Seth Wenig<\/p>\n
Because of the weather backlog, he would have to play his next three matches in three straight days if he keeps winning.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt definitely helps to be able to get on the court, get off the court and in straight sets. Every little bit helps.\u201d de Minaur said.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow I\u2019m moving onwards, I\u2019ll be ready for tomorrow. It should be a battle, a physical one. Because of the rain, there\u2019s nothing you can do about it.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve just got to get out there, play your tennis match and, ultimately, if you win enough matches, you\u2019re going to get out on the stadium court. So that\u2019s the mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Karol\u00edna Muchov\u00e1 of the Czech Republic greets Katie Boulter of Britain.\u00a0AP Photo\/Yuki Iwamura<\/p>\n
De Minaur also had the job of comforting his new wife, Katie Boulter, after she lost 6-1 6-0 to Wimbledon runner-up Karol\u00edna Muchov\u00e1.<\/p>\n
“Of course it’s difficult,” he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cUltimately, we\u2019ve got each other\u2019s backs no matter what, and we\u2019ve always got one eye out on each other.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, it was a tough day for Katie and I had to do my best to just focus on my task ahead and get the job done in the best way possible, and I\u2019m glad I was able to achieve that today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex de Minaur is relieved to have finally advanced to the second round after a rain-delayed straight sets…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":878069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-878068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=878068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/878069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=878068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=878068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=878068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}