De Minaur spoke about being isolated and not being able to play and he called it 'one of the toughest moments' of his career so far.

“It’s honestly been one of the toughest moments of my career. We got hit with this pandemic and all of sudden, everything changed in my life. We are used to travelling all over the place, not spending more more than one or two,"said De Minaur.

"Three weeks maximum in one place. All of a sudden you are stuck in the same place. You are not allowed to leave, not allowed to hit; train, compete. It was really a big blow."

“Every day counts. You don’t realize that at such a young age, but as soon as you start maturing a bit and you have a couple more years of experience; you understand that if you want to be at the top and you want to play against these top guys; you have just got to improve all the time," added De Minaur.

"You can’t be satisfied with your level; you have always got to want to push for more and strive for higher rankings, higher-level matches and hopefully beat higher-ranked opponents. There are always ups and downs in the journey; but you just have to keep pushing through. It’s not always going to go your way. Still, if you have the right mentality; you positively look at things, sort of putting yourself in the right direction; that’s the most important thing."

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