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A crestfallen Alex De Minaur couldn't hide his disappointment following his fourth-round exit at Wimbledon on Monday, saying, "It breaks me inside. That's the reality of it."
The Australian No. 5 seed led 5-2 in the second set and was up a break twice in the third before losing 7-5, 7-6 (4), 6-3 to ninth-seeded Flavio Cobolli in an error-strewn display on No. 1 Court.
It represented the latest missed opportunity for De Minaur after seven Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances. With No. 1 Jannik Sinner and No. 7 Novak Djokovic in the top half of the men's draw, and two-time Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz absent due to injury, a reflective De Minaur acknowledged, "To not step up to the plate, it's truly gut-wrenching."