Alex de Minaur and fiancee Katie Boulter have been announced as participants in the Tie Break Tens event at Indian Wells, in what will be Boulter's first match since the Australian Open. It comes after Aussie tennis prodigy Cruz Hewitt secured the biggest trophy of his career on Sunday when he finished runner-up at the ITF event in Launceston.

Alex de Minaur finds himself on the brink of falling out of the men’s top 10 after the decision to relinquish his Mexican Open title to chase $10 million sensationally backfired.

Alex de Minaur's decision to relinquish his title at the Mexican Open and chase the $10 million on offer in the Middle East is looking worse and worse after the top seeds were wiped out in staggering fashion in Acapulco.

Alex de Minaur had to save seven match points, and earned one of his own, before falling to defeat against his Australian Open conqueror Andrey Rublev at the Qatar Open.

Recently, Alex de Minaur – who has always had a great relationship with the Italian on and off the court – admitted that he was surprised by this epilogue: "In cases like Jannik's, we have seen very harsh sanctions in the past. I'm referring to players suspended for 1 or 2 years or even more."

Andrey Rublev dug deep for a dramatic 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (8) triumph over second seed Alex de Minaur, in which the Russian fifth seed let slip seven match points before crossing the line.

There has been an exodus of seeded players at the ATP 500 tournament in Doha, which has prize money of around 3 million dollars. After Novak

DUBAI—Alex de Minaur is looking forward to the prospect of an on-court reunion with fiancée Katie Boulter, teasing a mixed doubles berth at the newly revamped US Open event.