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Glenn Moore

De Minaur progresses despite interruption by air aces

An overhead in tennis normally means being lobbed but it was a different aerial intervention that troubled Alex de Minaur in Rome. 

The Australian No.1 was progressing well towards the last 16 despite the distraction of an unwell spectator when his match with Bolivian qualifier Hugo Dellien was interrupted by a flypast by the Italian Air Force's acrobatic team, the Frecce Tricolori (Tricolour arrows).

The seventh-seeded de Minaur lost focus, and his serve, before getting back on track to win 6-4 6-4.

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