After 10 long months, slogging through 20 tournaments in 10 different countries, battling against a debilitating injury while winning 47 of 63 hard-fought matches, Alex de Minaur has at last got his just desserts.
He will go, for the first time in his ever-improving career, to the big end-of-season ball, the ATP Finals in Turin.
The Australian No.1 finally got the good news on Tuesday as Novak Djokovic's announcement that he was withdrawing from next week's showpiece ensured de Minaur, Andrey Rublev and Casper Ruud were all guaranteed the last three places in the eight-man tournament at the Inalpi Arena.
