My Olympics: Alex de Minaur

pAustralian No. 1 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-de-minaur/dh58/overview'Alex de Minaur/a will make his Olympics debut in Paris. The 25-year-old is enjoying a career-best season in which he has risen to No. 6 in the PIF ATP Rankings./p

pATPTour.com sat down with the Sydney native to learn his favourite Olympic athlete and which sport De Minaur did not inherit from his Aussie upbringing./p

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pstrongWhich Olympic sport would you like to watch the most?/strongbr /

I would love to watch basketball. Obviously football. Swimming has always been a very strong sport for Australia and I guess probably athletics as well./p

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strongIs there an Olympic sport you think you would not be well suited to compete in?/strongbr /

Swimming. Anything to do with swimming, I struggled. I've tried to do it in a couple of preseasons in the past and it's something I did not enjoy. I found it very, very hard./p

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strongWho is your favourite Olympic athlete who is not a tennis player?/strongbr /

Irsquo;m going to go with [Australian basketballer] Patty Mills. /p

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strongWhat Olympic sport do you think defines Australia?/strongbr /

I think it's got to be swimming. I think we've had a lot of success in the past in swimming./p

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strongDo you have an earliest memory watching the Olympics?/strongbr /

I was at the Sydney Olympics, but I don't really recall that because I was quite young. I've got photos of me being there. So that's my earliest recollection./p

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strongHow excited are you to play in the Olympics and represent your country?/strongbr /

Super excited. Always been a dream. And Irsquo;m looking forward to doing it./p

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