Alex de Minaur has personal links with both the Australian Open and Wimbledon.
De Minaur reached the Australian Open quarter-finals earlier this year, his best ever result at his home Grand Slam tournament.
While he may represent Australia, due to De Minaur’s engagement to Katie Boulter he does also have links to the United Kingdom.
After losing his first round singles match at Queen’s, De Minaur has given his verdict on what separates the crowds at the Australian Open and Wimbledon.
Alex de Minaur explains what the main difference is between the crowds at Wimbledon and the Australian Open
Former finalist De Minaur lost his only singles match at Queen’s Club this year to Jiri Lehecka in straight sets.
After his defeat, De Minaur headed to his post-match press conference where he was asked about British number one Jack Draper and the pressure he may face at Wimbledon as the biggest local hopeful.
This is something that De Minaur can relate to as the top ranked Australian, and he praised Draper for how he has been handling the pressure of expectation so far.
“Yeah, obviously I think Jack’s dealing with it incredibly well,” said De Minaur. “He’s obviously had a stellar year and achieving some incredible things.
“He’s playing in his home ground now. I’m sure he’ll love to do well. I guess for me it’s just trying to use all the energy from the crowd.
“I know that the crowd is behind me every single point when I play in Australia, and that’s something that definitely helps me a lot kind of calm the nerves and just focus on myself.”
De Minaur was then asked how he feels playing against a British player during the grass court season, but he suggested that the Wimbledon crowd is more tempered than at the Australian Open.
“Yeah, I would say the British crowd is a little different to the Aussie crowd,” De Minaur continued. “Mainly I would say it’s because of Wimbledon. Wimbledon has so much history and heritage and kind of culture. It’s a very — they’re very polite, I would say. You know, probably in Australia they’re a little bit louder.