Tennis fans have expressed their surprise after it was confirmed on Wednesday that Alex de Minaur won't defend his back-to-back titles at the Mexican Open next month. The ATP 500 event in Acapulco released its official entry list on Wednesday,

Katie Boulter has won the women's British tennis player of the year to cap off a wonderful year alongside fiance Alex de Minaur after the Aussie was cruelly knocked out of the Australian Open. Boulter was a fixture in de Minaur's player's box during his Australian Open run until the quarter-final.

A night that promised so much for Alex de Minaur ended with another trip back to the drawing board following a loss that will require some serious soul-searching.

Alex de Minaur has fired back at a British tennis blogger who criticised his hapless Australian Open performance against Jannik Sinner in a late-night social media comment which has now gone viral.

Local hope Alex de Minaur has suffered a thumping straight-sets Australian Open quarter-final loss to world No.1 and defending champion Jannik Sinner.

Earlier in the day, Iga Swiatek cruised past Emma Navarro 6-1, 6-2 in their Women’s Singles quarter-final while Madison Keys secured a surprising 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Elina Svitolina to set up a meeting with Swiatek tomorrow.

Alex de Minaur was given a blunt reminder on Wednesday night of the level he needs to reach if he is to ever taste victory in a grand slam tournament.

The WTA No. 25 was in the stands of Rod Laver Arena to watch De Minaur break new ground at the Australian Open on Monday, cheering him on as he beat Alex Michelsen in the last 16.

Alex de Minaur is yet to record a win over Jannik Sinner, but he has received a hint on how he can compete with the world number one in their Australian Open quarterfinal on Wednesday.

According to the official ATP website, de Minaur has taken home US$15,303,985 (approx. AU$23,645,905) in tournament winnings. That sum includes prize money from both singles and doubles events.

In the Australian Open quarterfinals on Tuesday, Jannik Sinner faces Alex de Minaur.In his most recent match on Sunday, Sinner took down Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune in four sets, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2,

Jannik Sinner disposed of Holger Rune in four sets in the fourth round of the Australian Open as the World No. 1 player looks to make it back-to-back Grand Slam