By Chris Oddo | @Thefanchild | Sunday 6 July 2025
What a difference makes a year. Think again 52 weeks and remember one of the most heartfelt moments of the 2024 tennis season: Do you worried Alex de minaur injuring his hip at the last point of his victory over Arthur Fils in the fourth round.
Aussie was in the round, but a dark cloud had appeared. Instead of facing Novak Djokovic In the quarter -finals he was forced to withdraw and would not take the court again for two months, at the US Open.
On Saturday in Wimbledon, a healthy de Minaur enlarged in the fourth round to booked-you thought that-a seven-time confrontation of Djokovic.
What change makes a year
“It was a brutal time for me last year, being forced to deal with all those emotions. But here we are a year later, ready to go”12 months after injury forced him to withdraw vs djokovic, Alex de minaur will take it Monday on Monday
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“Funny funny how life works,” Deur Miner told journalists. “Here we are a year later, and I will get that match. It’s a round earlier. But yet it was a brutal time for me last year to deal with all those emotions. But here we are a year later to feel good, ready to go, and I will take my case again. So I’m excited about it.”
Credit de Minaur to get back strong. He is 1-2 lives against Djokovic, with a win over legend in the join in 2024. Gjokovic knows he is in his toughest test of two weeks on Monday.
“He’s playing the tennis of his life,” Gjokovic said. “He’s obviously knocking on the door of the last stages of the Grand Slams. He’s taken in the neighborhoods several times.
“Last year had to withdraw unfortunately because of his injury. This year he is there again. He has not fallen a set. He is playing well. You’re not super excited to play Alex de minaur in the grass, that’s for sure because he is so fast and he is a full player, around.
“He has won the pace in his service, too. He hits his points very well. Just a harsh, very harsh challenge … I’m waiting for him. I think it will be a great test to see where my game is against a senior player like Alex.”
