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Aussie wrap: Popyrin comes back from the brink to oust Goffin – Australian Open
A dogged Alexei Popyrin was one of a host of local victors on Tuesday, while two crowd favourites had their first home major wins in six long years.
Demon had a strong rallying cry for his green and gold peers.
Tennis is an individual sport, but I truly believe what we’re doing in Australia, especially in tennis, all the players we’ve got, we’ve got so many knocking on the door and so many in the top 100, enthused the 21-year-old, who faces hot-shot specialist Pablo Cuevas in the second round.
It definitely does motivate me, because I know that we’ve got all these teammates pushing top players. It’s amazing to see.
We’ve got Chris O’Connell…
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