Australian Alex De Minaur is rapidly rising on the ATP Tour, as the 21-year old had his best year during the 2019 season.

The World No.26 won his first three ATP titles last year, and spoke about his mindset in an interview with ATP Uncovered.

“Every day counts. You don’t realise 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 realise that if you want to be at the top and you want to play against these top guys, you’ve just got to constantly improve,” De Minaur said. “You can’t be satisfied with your level and where you’re at. You’ve always got to want to push for more and strive for higher: higher rankings, higher-level matches and hopefully beat higher-ranked opponents as well.”

The #NextGenATP star detailed his multicultural upbringing, which included his family moving to Span eight years during his youth. He was able to maintain his love for tennis, and overcome adversity to attain his position today. Despite missing the first half of 2019 due to injury, he managed to make the final of the Next Gen ATP Finals, losing to Jannik Sinner.

“There are always ups and downs in the journey. There are always bumps. But you just have to keep pushing through,” De Minaur said. “It’s not always going to go your way. But if you have the right mentality and you look at things in a positive manner, sort of putting yourself in the right direction, that’s the most important thing.”

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