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Australian tennis player (born 1999)
Alex de Miñaur Román is an Australian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 5 achieved on 13 July 2026 and a doubles ranking of No. 58 achieved on 12 October 2020. He is the current No. 1 Australian singles player.
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Serbian tennis player (born 1987)
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for a record 428 weeks, finished as the year-end No. 1 a record eight times, and has been ranked No. 1 at least once in a year for a record 13 different years. Djokovic has won 101 ATP Tour–level singles titles, including a record 24 majors, a record 40 Masters titles, a record seven year-end championships, and an Olympic gold medal.
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Zheng Qinwen of China battled through a three-set contest to reach the women
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