NITTO ATP FINALS

November 11, 2025

Alex De Minaur

Inalpi Arena,Torino

Press Conference

L. MUSETTI/A. de Minaur

7-5, 3-6, 7-5

THE MODERATOR: First question for Alex.

Q. Alex, are you able to put into words the disappointment, the frustration, the anger? How are you feeling right at the moment?

ALEX de MINAUR: I think it's probably a good thing I don't express my feelings right now because they're quite dark.

Yeah, to be honest, it just feels like it's been that type of year where I've had what feels like a whole lot of matches that should have gone my way and just somehow don't, so...

I mean, yeah, don't feel great.

Q. Would you have won this match in Melbourne? It's a way for me to ask you if the crowd played a role at the end?

ALEX de MINAUR: Sorry?

Q. Did the crowd play a role, massive role, at the end?

ALEX de MINAUR: Nothing. Yeah, it was on my racquet. It wasn't the crowd's fault. It was mine.

Q. I understand how shattered you are. Great exchanges between the two of you. In typical fashion, you left everything out there. Hard to know really how to sort of sum it up. I suppose your actions here are summing it up. Is there anything else you could have possibly done?

ALEX de MINAUR: Just have a talk to my team and try to sort out these issues because these are issues that can't keep happening. I mean, if I really want to be serious about taking the next step in my career, these matches, I can't lose 'em. I just can't.

I mean, it feels like I've lost a lot of them this year. I mean, more than anything it's getting to a point where mentally it's killing me.

Q. I know how much this obviously means to you. You go back with your team now, obviously dissect. Explain that process of going through the next steps, trying to get to that next level. What is it exactly? It's hard to put into words right now.

ALEX de MINAUR: Just win these matches. I mean, I don't know. It's something that if it doesn't get sorted, it's going to eat me alive. I need to get it sorted sooner rather than later. Yeah, I don't know how many times I can deal with a loss like this one.