For most top players, the clay-court season, which begins in earnest in Monte Carlo this week, represents the start of the long, gruelling run to next month’s French Open. Alex de Minaur, however, is thinking further ahead.
“It’s definitely a very physical part of the year,” De Minaur said at the Monte-Carlo Country Club on Sunday. “Obviously, with consistency, developing the points, creativity a little bit as well, right? You’ve got to think of a lot of different ways to try and win the point as rallies extend and it becomes more gruelling and more physical.
