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Teenager Alex De Minaur stuns Steve Johnson in Brisbane

Teenager De Minaur stuns Johnson in Brisbane
By PA Sport

31/12/2017 at 12:28Updated 31/12/2017 at 12:59

Australian teenager Alex De Minaur claimed the biggest scalp of his career in the opening round of the Brisbane International.

The 18-year-old wild card, ranked 208th in the world, knocked out 44th-ranked American Steve Johnson 7-6 (9/7) 6-4 and will play fourth seed Milos Raonic in round two.

De Minaur is one of a group of highly promising young Australians and he reached the Wimbledon junior final in 2016.

There was also an upset in the other first-round match played on Sunday, with Alexandr Dolgopolov knocking out sixth seed Diego Schwartzman 6-4 7-6 (7/3).

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