Alex de Minaur’s mum was all of us as she watched her son move through to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the first time.

He refuses to say exactly what is wrong with him, only that he is “not there health-wise” and has been “a bit dizzy at times”. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Through to the quarterfinals of his home Grand Slam tournament for the first time, the Aussie has a  financial motivation for every match he wins.

This was de Minaur’s fourth consecutive trip to the round-of-16 in Melbourne, including straight-sets defeats from Sinner (2022) and Novak Djokovic (2023) before the heartbreak of losing to Andrey Rublev last year from two-sets-to-one up.

MELBOURNE: Jannik Sinner battled dizzy spells on Monday to reach an Australian Open quarterfinal against Alex de Minaur, admitting a long

Pressure is said to be a privilege, and this has never been lost on Alex de Minaur, but the world number eight has become accustomed to bearing the weight of expectation.

Alex de Minaur has roared into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in a rollercoaster round-of-16 victory over American Alex Michelsen. De Minaur barely raised a sweat to take a commanding lead before falling into a hole then powering home for a 6-0,

Alex de Minaur had only dropped one set at the Australian Open as he headed into his clash with America's Alex Michelsen on Sunday.

Pat Rafter has warned Alex de Minaur to batten down the hatches as he strives to enter uncharted waters at the Australian Open.

Rafter defeated 14th seed Dominik Hrbaty to reach his sole Australian Open semi-final, where he fell in five sets to sixth seed and eventual champion Andre Agassi. One of the greatest doubles players of all time, Woodforde’s best Grand Slam singles run saw him reach the last four of his home major almost three decades ago.

Sinner is bidding to defend a Grand Slam title for the first time after beating Daniil Medvedev in the final last year.