Alex de Minaur believes he has never been closer to shedding his reputation as the tennis world’s “nearly man” | ByMarcMcGowan
Alex de Minaur believes Lleyton Hewitt’s squad can win the title.Alex de Minaur believes he has never been closer to shedding his reputation as the tennis world’s “nearly man”.at the Paris Masters barely a fortnight ago, de Minaur lost to American Frances Tiafoe in his next match.
Saville is in the running for comeback player of the year after an extraordinary rise from outside the top 600 in February to breaking back into the top 50 seven months later. The former top-20 star endured a five-year battle with an Achilles tendon problem that eventually prompted surgery after last year’s Australian Open.
Sprinkle in semi-final runs at Barcelona, Lyon, Eastbourne and Stockholm, plus a year-end ranking of No.24 - after returning to the top 20 in May and August - and you have the highlights of a quality campaign. Joining de Minaur in Australia’s Davis Cup squad are Thanasi Kokkinakis and Wimbledon doubles champions Max Purcell and Matt Ebden, while Jordan Thompson, Jason Kubler and emerging junior Charlie Camus are there as hitting partners.
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