De Miñaur shows his disappointment after wasting another golden opportunity

Yesterday, Alex De Miñaur suffered his nth setback of the season after crashing out in a loud defeat against Cameron Norrie in the third round of the ATP Montreal 2026. The Australian tennis player was leading by two breaks in the second set and even had a match point, but he wasted another golden opportunity to go far in a big tournament, appearing devastated in the press conference.

A few weeks ago, Alex had spoken about the mental issues he was facing this year after accumulating several tough losses, and the match against Norrie has been another one of those encounters he will take time to forget. He tried to take the defeat philosophically but expressed feeling disappointed in himself and with how he left the match in the third set, where he could hardly fight back against the British player.

De Miñaur explains his tough loss to Norrie

It was a terrible third set for me. I had opportunities at the beginning, some break points. I had some 0-30s. I had a 0-40. I just couldn’t execute. And yes, that was definitely not my best tennis set.

Letdown after losing the second set

As I said, I thought I had given myself opportunities at the start of the third set, but then I played several bad points in a row and fell behind quickly, and everything went downhill fast. Obviously, it’s something I need to improve, but well.

Missed opportunity at the ATP Montreal

I think it was a missed opportunity because today I was winning, and obviously, I was in a good position, and I had a match point to close the match. But aside from that, I think yes, I wasn’t paying too much attention to the defeats of the other favorites. This is tennis. As we have seen, anything can happen. The conditions here are not the easiest. I am disappointed, but looking forward to seeing what’s next.

The double fault, a turning point

I felt like I had another opportunity. The end of that set was very close. We were 5-5 in the tiebreak. That was just one point. I think I had many opportunities throughout the rest of the match. Of course, I would have loved to avoid that double fault, but that’s tennis. These things happen, and sometimes they go in your favor; sometimes they don’t.

Constant shirt changes by Norrie

I don’t think it was to stop the match. I think today it was very humid. I also had to change clothes after the first set. And yes, it was very humid.

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