{"id":286219,"date":"2025-11-16T06:16:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T06:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/286219\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T06:16:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T06:16:14","slug":"i-still-have-more-to-give-tennis-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/286219\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI Still Have More to Give\u201d \u2013 Tennis Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

If Alex de Minaur<\/a> could have upset Jannik Sinner on Saturday in Turin \u2013 yes, we know, long shot \u2013 the Aussie could have finished a season inside the ATP\u2019s Top-5 for the first time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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We know now that it didn\u2019t happen. De Minaur fell to 0-13 lifetime against indoor juggernaut Sinner and was left to contemplate the gap between himself and the tour\u2019s elite as his ATP Finals came to a close.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Does the 26-year-old Aussie have what it takes to get higher in the rankings and start to do some tangible damage against the tour\u2019s top players? He has hit a plateau in recent years, climbing inside the Top 10 but dropping each of his seven major quarterfinals and going 0-18 collectively against Sinner (13) and Alcaraz (combined).\u00a0<\/p>\n

That said, De Minaur is looking for ways to solve his issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"TURIN, ITALY \u2013 NOVEMBER 13: Alex de Minaur of Australia celebrates the victory in the Men\u2019s Singles Group Stage match against Taylor Fritz of the United States during day five of the Nitto ATP Finals 2025 at Inalpi Arena on November 13, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Shi Tang\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always the goal,\u201d he told reporters on Saturday in Turin. \u201cAs I said, I still think that I\u2019ve got more to give. I haven\u2019t hit my peak just yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

De Minaur, who admitted that he had allowed himself to go to a dark place after his loss to Lorenzo Musetti during round robin play, says he also needs to be aware that he must strike a balance between driving for more and becoming burnt out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve also got to be careful with how much I push myself and how much pressure I put on myself because that\u2019s what gets me into dark places, right?\u201d he said. \u201cThe desire to keep on improving and keep on wanting more and expecting more\u2026 I\u2019ve got to find a healthy balance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the loss to Sinner, De Minaur does feel that he is learning to adapt his game to the unique challenge of facing a player like Sinner. He knows he has to attack relentlessly and not let Sinner control with his world-class pace and precision. And he knows he needs to serve lights-out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we\u2019ve seen in the last two matches, I do have the ability to play with a higher pace and more aggressive style tennis,\u201d he said. \u201cI do think this is what needs to come out to beat the best players in the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me to take the next step, it\u2019s just being fresh, not putting as much pressure on myself, and ultimately just stepping up in the bigger tournaments. That\u2019s what it\u2019s going to take for me to jump from where I\u2019ve been the last two years to potentially in the top 5 and pushing for bigger and better things.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If Alex de Minaur could have upset Jannik Sinner on Saturday in Turin \u2013 yes, we know, long…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-286219","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}