Alex de Minaur is amongst 10 Australians scheduled to compete on day eight at Wimbledon 2024.
London, Nice Britain, 8 July 2024 | Leigh Rogers
As Alex de Minaur appears to advance to the Wimbledon quarterfinals for a primary time, he is aware of he can’t underestimate his fourth-round opponent.
The world No.9 is anticipating a battle when he meets Frenchman Arthur Fils at No.1 Courtroom on day eight at Wimbledon 2024.
“He’s coming in with quite a lot of confidence,” De Minaur famous of the world No.34, who’s having fun with a career-best run at a Grand Slam match.
“He’s obtained an enormous recreation, huge groundstrokes. He’s going to be very tough, he’s obtained an important serve and he’s an total nice athlete.”
Fils has confirmed he’s able to inflicting main upsets too, notching his third profession top-10 win with a four-set triumph towards world No.7 Hubert Hurkacz within the second spherical.
De Minaur acknowledged it was “an excellent win on this floor”.
Fils was equally complimentary forward of their fourth-round showdown, describing De Minaur as “one of many hardest opponents within the draw”.
“He’s one of many quickest guys I do know,” stated Fils, who has received 10 of the 14 skilled grass-court matches he has contested. “It’s like if I need to hit one winner, I should hit three winners towards him. So it’s going to be very attention-grabbing.
“After all, everybody is aware of that he’s quick, however he’s additionally tremendous intelligent on the courtroom. He’s doing unbelievable for the reason that begin of the 12 months, so it’s not going to be simple.”
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Fils shouldn’t be taking an excessive amount of confidence from his straight-sets win towards the 25-year-old Australian of their solely earlier assembly, which was at an ATP 500 match in Spain in April.
“We performed on clay, so it’s fully totally different,” Fils famous. “He’s among the finest on this floor (grass) for certain, so I’m going to strive my greatest. Let’s see if I can win this one, nevertheless it’s not going to be simple in any respect.”
De Minaur is amongst 10 Australians scheduled to compete on day eight, with a powerful contingent that includes within the doubles and junior occasions.
Wimbledon is broadcast reside in Australia on the 9 Community and Stan Sport, with protection starting from 7.30pm AEST.
Aussies in motion on day eight:
Males’s singles, fourth spherical
[9] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Arthur Fils (FRA), No.1 Courtroom, first match (from 10pm AEST)
Males’s doubles, third spherical
[15] Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) v John-Patrick Smith (AUS)/Andreas Mies (GER), Courtroom 14, second match
Blended doubles, first spherical
[1] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Ellen Perez (AUS) v Andres Molteni (ARG)/Asia Muhammad (USA), No.2 Courtroom, third match
John Friends (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v [3] Mate Pavic (CRO)/Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR), Courtroom 14, third match
Max Purcell (AUS)/Dayana Yastremska (UKR) v Nathaniel Lammons (USA)/Ena Shibahara (JPN), Courtroom 17, fourth match
Women’ singles, first spherical
[3] Emerson Jones (AUS) v [Q] Shiho Tsujioka (JPN), Courtroom 8, third match
Boys’ doubles, first spherical
Hayden Jones (AUS)/Pavle Marinkov (AUS) v [5] Marko Maksimovic (SRB)/Theo Papamalamis (FRA), Courtroom 11, fifth match
> VIEW: Full Wimbledon 2024 day eight schedule
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