Reflecting on his resilience, he reaffirmed his willingness to press forward.
"It's fresh now. It hurts like hell now.
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But I'll get back up. I'm a competitor, through and through.
So I'll get back up, and I'll give myself another chance," de Minaur said.
He recalled the emotional toll of his loss at Wimbledon.
"It breaks me inside. That's the reality of it," he said.
De Minaur described the immense effort required to reach peak performance levels during major events.
"Many, many hours get put into my craft, and countless years, to have moments like these. To not step up to the plate is truly gut-wrenching," he said.
He calculated that he went nearly two weeks without training before returning to the court in Washington.
"We did the maths, it's probably the longest I've ever had without touching a racquet," de Minaur said.
He downplayed the media attention surrounding his post-match press conference in London.
"I don't think it was warranted, as much as - myself included - a lot of people wanted to make a big deal out of it," he said.
He added that he quickly regained his mental composure prior to arriving in the United States.
"It became a really big thing, but realistically it took me a couple of days to get over it.
It was just the same feelings and emotions that any athlete has after a tough loss. Now I'm feeling great," de Minaur said.
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Defending Champion Faces Tsitsipas
Defending champion de Minaur faces Stefanos Tsitsipas in his opening match at the Mubadala DC Open in Washington, where Tsitsipas holds a 12-1 head-to-head record against the Australian.
