De Minaur's low-down on Australia's Wimbledon men

Alex de Minaur believes the contingent representing Australia at this year's Wimbledon are ready to put on a big show. The national No.1 offered this run-down of the 'big eight' at the All-England Club on Saturday.

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Alex de Minaur (Australian No.1, ATP live ranking 17)

"Last year, I left here quite gutted after losing a brutal match (to Cristian Garin) but I think I showed that I can play some great tennis here and the plan's to keep pushing myself and every year get a little bit better, so I'm feeling in a good spot to hopefully do some damage."

Nick Kyrgios (No.2, ATP live ranking 33)

"It's unfortunate for Nick that he's had his knee injury. We don't know (whether he'll be ready), he still might be able to make it for Wimbledon. He's Nick; no-one would rule him out."

Max Purcell (No.3, ATP live ranking 64)

"Maxi's having a career-best year. He's already shown what he can do on the doubles court but he's always said he can do it on the singles court and he's showing it this year. He's gone about it the tough way, playing a million matches - and now he's sitting at 64 as Australia's number three - and he's been playing very dangerous on the grass as well."

Jordan Thompson (No.4, ATP live ranking 70)

"Tommo, he showed us just recently what he can do finally on the grass - a very dangerous grass-court player and he's always been a competitor who's been amazing in Davis Cup."

Christopher O'Connell (No.5, ATP live ranking 73)

"Another one who's just getting better, had a great clay-court season and took some big scalps this year including Alexander Zverev in Munich."

Jason Kubler (No.6, ATP live ranking 77)

"Kubes already showed last year what he can do on the grass when he reached the fourth round last year, and he's just come off his first grass-court trophy in Ilkley."

Aleksandar Vukic (No.7, ATP live ranking 87)

"He's another who's also on a career-best year, playing some great tennis at the tour events as well as beating some really high-quality players."

Alexei Popyrin (No.9, ATP live ranking 93)

"Then we've got one of the younger ones - 'Pop' on clay has beaten some big names this year and shown again what he can do. He's got a big game."

And the rest....

"We've got Thanasi (Kokkinakis), Rinky (Hijikata) and (James) Duckworth, who didn't quite make it here but I think the biggest thing is that we're all very close together, like every week we're all trying to hit with (each other) and trying to get better together. So it's it's great to be a part of this group."