Alex de Minaur hopes he's helped put a smile back on the face of Australian sport after battling into Wimbledon's second week again following a heartbreaking weekend for both the Socceroos and the Wallabies.
De Minaur, who'd watched the Australian soccer men's exit on penalties at the World Cup on the eve of his third-round match and found it "heartbreaking", took to his now trusty Court 3 on Saturday just while the national rugby men were being pipped agonisingly by Ireland.
But fifth seed de Minaur, as so often the last Australian standing at a grand slam, was in no mood to continue the tale of green-and-gold woe as he subdued a one-time American wonder boy Zachary Svajda, who's earned a reputation as an Aussie slayer, to book a fourth-round spot.
