De Minaur after losing second ATP Next Gen Finals final in a row: "He just played too good”

It is another disappointment for De Minaur in Milan. One year ago he lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final. This time he was first-seeded at the tournament and seemed to not struggle at all. But in the final he met young Italian talent Jannik Sinner who was better than him and so Aussie failed to lift the trophy second time in a row. After the match he said:

“He could not have played any better on the break points. [In the first game], I missed a rally ball. Out of nine break points, I'm pretty sure that's the best chance I had,” De Minaur said. “Maybe if I had gotten a couple of those break points early, it would have been a completely different match. It ended up being that he just played too good.”

“Jannik is a hell of a player and he was too good. I'm sure that if he keeps this level up, he's going to quickly rise up the [ATP] Rankings,” De Minaur said. “He's still so young and [does] not [have] a lot of experience on Tour. That's why I think he’s where he's at, but come next year, that's going to quickly change.”

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