Alex de Minaur is promising to continue fighting through the pain barrier after crowning another red-letter day for Australia's tennis stars at the US Open in New York.
Playing his first match in seven weeks, a hurting and underdone de Minaur dug deep to be one of 10 Australians into the second round with a 6-3 6-4 5-7 6-4 victory over American Marcos Giron.
Thanasi Kokkinakis, Jordan Thompson and inspired wildcard Tristan Schoolkate also scored rousing wins, before Max Purcell and Chris O'Connell continued Australia's magnificent start to the final grand slam of the year.
