de Minaur marches forward as others bow out
Out of the Australians playing on day five, it was world no. 8 Alex de Minaur that advanced to the third round.

Tristan Schoolkate surprised Jannik Sinner when he took the opening set of their match.
Destanee Aiava failed to take advantage of a golden opportunity to advance to the third round when she lost to Danielle Collins the no. 10 seed.

James McCabe also put up a good showing, only to lose to Alex Michelsen in straight sets.
de Minaur easily moved past American qualifier Tristan Boyer, taking the match 6-2, 6-4, 6-3. He setup a round 3 meeting with another American, Alex Michelsen.
Michelsen had sent Stefanos Tsitsipas packing after round one and defeated Australia’s James McCabe in round two. The final score 7-5, 6-3, 7-6(4).
Aiava was down 5-0 in the first set tie break after both players were broken once in the opening set. The Australian worked her way back to 5-4 before Collins closed out the first set.
Aiava got off to the best start possible in the second set when she broke the no. 10 seed in the opening game.
The Australian would break again in the 7th game for a 5-2 lead. Collins would break back and then hold serve to close to 4-5 before Aiava was able to serve out the set.
Collins and Aiava both held to love to start the third set. In the fifth game it was Aiva that held a break point before Collins held.
In the very next game it was Collins with a break point, which she converted. Another break in the 8th game saw Collins seal the match 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-2.
The other Australian to take to the courts on day five was Tristan Schoolkate. He lined up across the net from Jannik Sinner.

Schoolkate shocked the tennis world when he broke Sinner to love in the tenth game to claim the opening set.
The unheralded Australian manage to hold off Sinner until the 7th game of the second set before he was broken. After that is was all Sinner and the world no. 1 took the match 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3 in two hours and 46 minutes.
So yet again it is all eyes on de Minaur. He and Vukic are the last Aussies remaining in the singles.