Alexander Zverev keeps his bid for an elusive first grand slam title alive by reaching a fourth straight Roland-Garros semi-final with a 6-4,7-6 (7-5),6-4 victory over Australia’s Alex de Minaur.
Djokovic aggravated a right knee problem during his win over Francisco Cerundolo,which was reported less than 24 hours later to be a torn medial meniscus.
Alex de Minaur’s transformation from admired also-ran into world-beating top-10 star has captured the attention of a sporting nation. This is how he has done it.
A 14-year-old Parisian named Paul has become Alex de Minaur’s lucky charm at the French Open and will be there for the Demon’s practice session and his quarter-final against Alexander Zverev.
The lion-hearted tennis star has enjoyed another seminal moment in Paris as he goes where no male Australian player has in two decades.
Alex de Minaur has become the first Australian man since Lleyton Hewitt in 2007 to reach the fourth round at Roland-Garros.
Alex de Minaur and Thanasi Kokkinakis advanced to the third round on another rain-soaked day at Roland-Garros,but the challenge for both is about to get far greater.
Australian Adam Walton broke into world tennis’ top 100 last week. His childhood introduction to tennis will take some beating.
Australian tennis great Todd Woodbridge believes retirement-bound legend Rafael Nadal is long odds to achieve a fairytale Roland-Garros farewell in the next fortnight.
There were no post-match histrionics from de Minaur after the victory,fully aware he had toppled a diminished version of the clay-court king.
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