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Richard Hookham and Darren Walton

De Minaur's Wimbledon setback as Aussie qualifiers win

Alex de Minaur's Queen's Club let-down has cost Australia's big hope an all-important top-eight seeding for Wimbledon.

De Minaur's first-round loss last week to Lorenzo Musetti, two days after claiming his second career grass-court title at 's-Hertogenbosch, has relegated the 25-year-old two spots down to world No.9 in the new rankings.

Had he been seeded in the top eight for the first time at a grand slam, de Minaur would have been guaranteed to avoid playing a higher-ranked rival until at least the Wimbledon quarter-finals.

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