Australian Open 2026: Svitolina beats Andreeva, De Minaur to face Alcaraz after Bublik win – live

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Australian Open 2026: Svitolina beats Andreeva, De Minaur to face Alcaraz after Bublik win – live

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First set: De Minaur* 1-1 Bublik (*next server)

De Minaur is playing in the fourth round for the fifth consecutive year - a feat that not even Hewitt, Mark Philippoussis and Pat Rafter achieved at their home slam – but he’s never been past the quarter-finals. Which largely sums up his career: he’s so consistent in beating the players he’s expected to, but is underpowered against the very best. De Minaur does send a bullet of a backhand winner down the line to get to deuce on Bublik’s serve, though. But two errors then give the Kazakhstani the game.

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