Updated On: 23 January, 2023 10:04 AM IST | Melbourne | AFP
The 23-year-old, nicknamed Demon, is the only Australian left in men’s or women’s singles and will need all the help he can get when he faces nine-time Melbourne Park champion Novak Djokovic in the last 16 on Monday

Alex de Minaur at Melbourne Park. Pic/Getty Images
Home fans at the Australian Open don’t have the temperamental but talented Nick Kyrgios to roar on—but they do have a “Demon.”
With Kyrgios out injured and another popular Australian retired in 2022 champion Ashleigh Barty, Alex de Minaur has emerged as a crowd favourite of the locals.