Alex de Minaur is amongst 9 Australians scheduled to compete on day 10 at Wimbledon 2024.
London, Nice Britain, 10 July 2024 | Leigh Rogers
A semifinal spot is the prize on the road when Alex de Minaur meets Novak Djokovic on day 10 at Wimbledon 2024.
The 25-year-old De Minaur is hoping to increase his career-best run on the All England Membership and change into the primary Australian to beat the world No.2 at a Grand Slam in 18 years.
“I performed Novak as soon as in a Slam and it’s truthful to say it was fairly a problem,” acknowledged De Minaur. “I’m trying ahead to this match-up subsequent time round. I feel I’m a distinct participant. I’m positively trying ahead to the problem.”
De Minaur has confirmed he can beat the seven-time Wimbledon champion, scoring a straight-sets victory on the United Cup in Perth earlier this season.
“He’s going to be a tricky battle, however the kind of battle that I need to be taking part in,” mentioned the world No.9. “These are the challenges that I need to make the most of and go on the market and present what I can do.”
| Alex de Minaur v Novak Djokovic Head-to-head document |
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| End result | Date | Occasion | Spherical | Floor |
| Djokovic received 6-2 6-1 6-2 | January 2023 | Australian Open | 4R | Onerous |
| De Minaur received 6-4 6-4 | January 2024 | United Cup | QF | Onerous |
| Djokovic received 7-5 6-4 | April 2024 | Monte Carlo Masters | QF | Clay |
Djokovic described De Minaur as “the quickest man on tour”.
“He has improved a lot I feel within the final 12 months and a half,” the 37-year-old Serbian mentioned.
“I feel his serve grew to become a weapon. That possibly wasn’t the case earlier than. He takes the ball so early. He’s not a afraid to return to the online. He’s an excellent all-around participant.
“He’s now established within the high 10, 15 on this planet. He additionally has loads of expertise in taking part in on a giant stage within the latter phases of Grand Slams. I’m positive he’s going to return out on the courtroom giving his all and believing he can win. He already beat me this 12 months in Australia, so there’s no motive why he wouldn’t assume that he can win that match. However clearly Grand Slam is a complete totally different sport, I suppose, however I like my possibilities.”
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Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson even have an opportunity to progress to a Wimbledon semifinal within the males’s doubles competitors.
But to drop a set this match, the fifteenth seeds now face Argentine mixture Andres Molteni and Maximo Gonzalez within the quarterfinals. It is a rematch of a second-round match on the All England Membership final 12 months, which the Aussie duo received in three tight units.
Thompson, who’s having fun with a career-best run in a Grand Slam doubles draw, admitted he “didn’t watch a degree” of their opponents’ third-round victory.
“We’ll simply take the courtroom and do our factor,” he mentioned, assured they will construct on their distinctive crew document of 24 wins from their 28 matches this season.
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Heath Davidson begins his marketing campaign within the quad wheelchair singles competitors, dealing with second seed and defending champion Niels Vink in a rematch of final 12 months’s ultimate, whereas high seeds Matt Ebden and Ellen Perez resume their rain-delayed first-round match within the blended doubles competitors, which has now prolonged throughout three days.
Aussie favourites Mark Woodforde, Ash Barty and Casey Dellacqua are additionally again on courtroom within the invitational doubles occasions.
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Wimbledon is broadcast reside in Australia on Stan Sport (from 8pm AEST) and the 9 Community (from 9.30pm AEST).
Aussies in motion on day 10:
Males’s singles, quarterfinals
[9] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v [2] Novak Djokovic (SRB), Centre Courtroom, second match
Males’s doubles, quarterfinals
[15] Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) v [11] Maximo Gonzalez (ARG)/Andres Molteni (ARG), Courtroom 18, first match (from 8pm AEST)
Combined doubles, first spherical
[1] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Ellen Perez (AUS) v Andres Molteni (ARG)/Asia Muhammad (USA), Courtroom 18, fourth match, 3-6 3-2 to complete
Quad wheelchair singles, quarterfinals
Heath Davidson (AUS) v Niels Vink (NED), Courtroom 9, fifth match
Boys’ singles, second spherical
[7] Hayden Jones (AUS) v Mees Rottgering (NED), Courtroom 6, second match
Ladies’ singles, second spherical
[3] Emerson Jones (AUS) v Eliska Tichackova (CZE), Courtroom 11, fourth match, 1-0 to complete
Boys’ doubles, first spherical
Hayden Jones (AUS)/Pavle Marinkov (AUS) v [5] Marko Maksimovic (SRB)/Theo Papamalamis (FRA), Courtroom 11, fifth match, 2-6 3-5 to complete
Ladies’ doubles, first spherical
[6] Emerson Jones (AUS)/Vittoria Paganetti (ITA) v Eliska Tichackova (CZE)/Lucie Urbanova (CZE), Courtroom 6, seventh match
> VIEW: Full Wimbledon 2024 day 10 schedule
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