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Murray Wenzel

De Minaur to spearhead Aussie Olympics assault on clay

De Minaur Olympics Olympics Alex de Minaur Australia Ajla Tomljanovic Matt Ebden French Open Paris Roland Garros

The Roland Garros clay will hold no fears for Alex de Minaur when he makes a swift Paris return as Australia's Olympic tennis spearhead.

A French Open quarter-finalist this month, the world No.9 was on Wednesday named among a nine-strong Australian contingent to compete in Paris from July 27.

De Minaur will play both singles and doubles, his Olympic debut three years in the making after the 25-year-old was ruled out on the eve of the Tokyo Games when he contracted COVID-19.

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