Tennis star Alex de Minaur is on a roll ahead of next week’s Australian Open, becoming the newest member of the men’s international top 10 players yesterday. It’s the first time an Aussie men’s player has been ranked in the top 10 since Lleyton Hewitt’s last appearance in 2006, and it’s got 24yo de Minaur feeling pretty good… “It’s what I’ve worked so hard for, it’s another milestone,” he said. It comes after he beat 10th-ranked Taylor Fritz, 7th-ranked Alexander Zverev and world #1 Novak Djokovic at the United Cup over the last week – which brought an end to Djokovic’s 43-match winning streak. The pundits are tipping a strong run from de Minaur at the Oz Open, so fingers crossed… As for the other tennis news, Elena Rybakina and Grigor Dimitrov took out the respective singles titles at the Brisbane International, while Germany clinched the United Cup final after an epic singles win from Alexander Zverev. Less epic was the news that Rafael Nadal is out of the Australian Open with an injury – he’s flown back to Spain already to see his own doctor.