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High seed de Minaur wary of demons lurking in Open draw

Top local hope Alex de Minaur will be the eighth seed at the Australian Open. (Mark Evans/AAP PHOTOS)

Alex de Minaur is careful not to be seduced by his top-eight Australian Open seeding, saying it guarantees nothing.

While going in as the eighth seed adds to de Minaur's growing confidence, the 25-year-old says there are too many land mines littering the Open draw to take too much from it.

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