Alex de Minaur explains what the main difference is between the crowds at Wimbledon compared to the Australian Open

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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.”

Will Alex de Minaur be able to re-find form at Wimbledon?

While De Minaur has given Draper a good chance of impressing at Wimbledon, he has recently been struggling to show the same form that has made him world number 12.

De Minaur recently admitted to feeling burnt out, and has now lost back-to-back matches for the first time since February.

This means that De Minaur will head into Wimbledon this year without a singles victory on grass this year.

The 26 year old produced his best result at Wimbledon last year by reaching the quarter-finals, but De Minaur was forced to withdraw from his match against Novak Djokovic with a hip injury.

While De Minaur will no longer be in singles competition at Queen’s Club, he still remains in the doubles tournament.

Playing alongside his compatriot Alexei Popyrin, De Minaur will play Lehecka again who is partnered by Taylor Fritz.