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Ian Chadband

De Minaur ready to shoot to join the tennis elite

Alex de Minaur has dismissed concerns that a four-day playing break at Wimbledon may have left him under-cooked for a match which could propel him into the elite of men's tennis.

De Minaur would move to sixth from his current career-high ninth in the ATP's live world rankings should he defeat French whizz kid Arthur Fils in the last-16 on Monday to reach a maiden Wimbledon quarter-final.

The 25-year-old Sydneysider has so far enjoyed the most simple passage to the second week, with two straight-set wins and a walkover.

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