London | Two years after blowing a two-set lead and two match points when on the brink of reaching the quarter-finals, Alex de Minaur held his nerve as a horror repeat threatened against Arthur Fils.
De Minaur put his fans on the No.1 court – and late-night television viewers back home – through the wringer, as he dropped the third set. But he showed Aussie grit to take the fourth on his second match point.