{"id":288459,"date":"2023-09-12T15:04:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=288459"},"modified":"2023-09-12T15:04:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:04:35","slug":"alex-de-minaur-wants-to-give-katie-boulter-a-little-bit-of-cp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/tennis\/alex-de-minaur-wants-to-give-katie-boulter-a-little-bit-of-cp\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex de Minaur wants to give Katie Boulter ‘a little bit of c**p’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alex de Minaur may have grown fond of Britain through his relationship with girlfriend Katie Boulter, but he\u2019s still determined for Australia to emerge victorious at the Davis Cup so he can rub it in his partner’s face.<\/p>\n
“There’s years and years of history of rivalry between the two nations,” the Australian world No 12 said. “With Katie, I’ve got to spend a little bit more time here in the UK and I’ve been able to get to know a couple of the Brits a little bit better.<\/p>\n
“We always give each other a little bit of crap if our nation wins. It’s always a great competitive spirit between us.<\/p>\n
“Katie’s shown me around. I’ve found a lot of spots that I quite enjoy so it’s been great, especially when the weather’s good. There’s a lot of similarities with Australia.<\/p>\n
“A big thing for me is coffee. They love their coffee here as well, the breakfast places are kind of the same vibe. And one thing that I didn’t have growing up in Australia or Spain is the countryside. I’ve grown really fond of the greenery.”<\/p>\n
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Group B of the Davis Cup holds plenty of talented players, and De Minaur is the highest-ranked player there. The Australian has reached a career-high ranking of 12 after making the US Open last 16 this year and hopes to continue this performance into the Davis Cup.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
He explained: “I’ve played some great tennis over the last couple of months and I’m really happy with where my level is at. It’s going to be a very good test this group stage, a lot of very good players. Hopefully I can bring it all together and perform.”<\/p>\n
Australia narrowly missed out on a victory last year, losing to Canada in the final, and De Minaur believes that his team can go all the way this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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He added: “That’s the dream. Last year gave us a lot of hunger and fire and desire to really be able to accomplish this as a team. I think we showed what a team can do when they have each other’s back because on ranking we weren’t supposed to be a contender. We came together and we showed what it meant to play for Australia.<\/p>\n
“We’ll do everything we can to do that but it starts here, we’ve got a very tough group and we’ve got to try and get out of here alive.”<\/p>\n
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