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De Minaur Reaches Top Five, Faces Wimbledon-Bound Junior
8/1/2026
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Story summary
- Australian tennis player Alex de Minaur entered the ATP top five last month, the first Australian man to do so in 17 years.
- Alex de Minaur faced Australian junior Cruz Hewitt in the Washington second round.
- Cruz Hewitt Jr became the first Australian to reach a Wimbledon boys final since Alex de Minaur.
- No Australian woman ranks inside the top 50, making naturalised Russian Daria Kasatkina the highest-ranked Australian female.
