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Alex De Minaur Jokes That Every Australian Open Win Adds To His And Katie Boulter's Wedding Budget
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Through to the quarterfinals of his home Grand Slam tournament for the first time, the Aussie also has a financial motivation for every match he wins.
Success on home soil isn't the only thing motivating Alex de Minaur at this Australian Open. The top-ranked man from Down Under, through to the quarterfinals in Melbourne for the first time, has financial motivations behind every match he wins.
He's hoping to pad his and fiancée Katie Boulter's bank account in support of their upcoming wedding.
With combined on-court earnings nearing $20 million before the Australian Open event began, the two tennis players won't have to pinch pennies when it comes to their special day. But that doesn't mean that de Minaur hasn't been crunching the numbers of just how much the festivities will cost since the longtime partners got engaged in the offseason.
"When I'm on the court, and you see me so stressed out, I'm just thinking of the wedding budget," he joked with former British pro and broadcaster Laura Robson, a good friend of the couple's, after his 6-0, 7-6 (5), 6-3 win over American Alex Michelsen in Monday's fourth round.
"That's why I'm like, 'I need to win more money, I need to win more matches.' That's all that goes through my head. So now, you know what's going on inside my head."
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Boulter was seated in the stands in Rod Laver Arena to watch her beau break new ground in his eighth career Australian Open main draw on Monday night, as de Minaur finally put an end to a run for the 20-year-old American that saw him upset seeds Stefanos Tsitsipas and Karen Khachanov in the first week. After the two-hour and nine-minute match concluded, Boulter couldn't stop smiling as she shared a long hug with de Minaur's mother, Esther, who teared up at her son's latest tennis milestone.
Speaking with Jim Courier after the match, de Minaur joked that while he "[doesn't] believe in coincidences," he does "believe that when you're happy off the court, you play good tennis on the court."
He added that it "means the world" to finally get this far in Melbourne, having reached the last eight at the last three majors of 2024, and eyes a match against world No. 1 and defending champion Jannik Sinner next.
"There's nothing I want to do more than play well here in Australia," he said. "I'm glad I finally made it to the quarterfinals here, but let's go for bigger and better things.
"My whole career has been day by day' it hasn't been success overnight. I've had to keep on improving every year, little increments, little percentages here and there ... And I think it's a combination of that, a little more confidence, and the consistency always pays off at the end."
Oscar Piastri Shares A Funny Joke With Jeremy Clarkson About The Mistake That Ruined His Australian Grand Prix
Jeremy Clarkson hilariously claimed he had given McLaren driver Oscar Piastri a special set of driving skills that had helped the youngster get out of a spot of bother during this weekend's Australian Grand Prix.
The 23-year-old racing driver cut an anguished figure following Sunday's rain-affected Grand Prix in which he placed ninth.
But that doesn't do justice to his driving this weekend.
Barring a blip in 45, the home-town hero had produced a sensational performance pushing team-mate Lando Norris in first place and could have won the Grand Prix.
However, the rain-effected conditions took their toll on multiple drivers throughout the day, with six cars crashing out.
Piastri had a lucky escape, taking one corner a little too quickly before spinning onto a flat bed of grass.
Jeremy Clarkson (left) hilariously claimed that he had 'trained Oscar Piastri (right) to drive in reverse while off-road'
Piastri had spun off the track during the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday and was forced to spend several moments reversing his car off a grassy paddock
It was a costly error that saw him plummet from second in the ladder to 15th in a matter of seconds, as other drivers passed the McLaren driver.
The Aussie star, who signed a new deal to remain at McLaren until the end of the decade, was then seen attempting to reverse off the grass, before eventually finding the track.
He would go on to finish the race, and while devastated by the costly error, he shared a joke with the Clarksons Farm star on Instagram.
Clarkson published a picture on his feed, claiming that he had taught Piastri to drive in reverse while off-road during a visit to his farm Diddly Squat.
In the picture, Piastri posed alongside the former Top Gear star and his Clarkson's Farm co-star Caleb and Piastri.
'Training Oscar Piastri to drive in reverse while off-road. Who knew that would come in handy,' Clarkson captioned the image.
Piastri subsequently posted a clip of himself backing up a tractor that had a trailer attached to its rear, captioning the video: 'Came in very handy @JeremyClarkson.'
Reflecting on Sunday's race, Piastri had said that his training from Clarkson had come in use during the race.
Piastri posted a clip of himself reversing a tractor with a trailor attached to it on Clarkson's Diddly Squat farm
Piastri cut a hugely dejected figure after the mistake caused him to place ninth in the standings
"I tried to push a bit too much, I guess. In those conditions, very difficult to judge just how slippery it's going to be.
"I think from one lap to the next, it had really changed a lot and I could see Lando going off in front of me, but I was also already in the corner, basically, so there wasn't much I could do to slow myself down at that point.
"Then once you're in the gravel, in the grass, you obviously try to keep the car as straight as possible, and then obviously to get stuck in the grass like that was pretty unbelievable sat in the car.
"But I've only got myself to blame for being there, so it's a shame.
"I just was trying to stay in the race.
"Tried to go forwards and couldn't, so good thing I spent some time in the off-season trying to learn how to reverse a tractor on Jeremy Clarkson's farm.
"I think it came in handy today."
Clarkson, meanwhile, invited other Formula One drivers to take part in his reversing crash course.
'F1 drivers: If you want to learn how to reverse off-road, give me a call. It certainly helped Oscar Piastri today.'
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