Australia's top-ranked tennis player Alex de Minaur showed off his renowned fighting spirit to win a three-set thriller, as Jannik Sinner's bid to reclaim the world No.1 ranking got off to a sizzling start at the Paris Masters.
De Minaur, ranked No.7 in the world and the sixth seed in Paris, has been one of the form players of the season, but was made to earn victory in his round-of-32 clash against Canada's Gabriel Diallo on Wednesday (local time).
The Australian clinched a tense 18-point first-set tiebreak, then lost the second, before rebounding in the third for a gritty 7-6 (10-8) 4-6 6-3 victory.
