Australia’s No 1 regains focus to beat Hugo Dellien 6-4, 6-4De Minaur will play 12th-seeded Tommy Paul in last 16 in Rome
An overhead in tennis normally means being lobbed but it was a different aerial intervention that troubled Alex de Minaur in Rome.
The Australian No 1 was progressing well towards the last 16 despite the distraction of an unwell spectator when his match with Bolivian qualifier Hugo Dellien was interrupted by a flypast by the Italian Air Force’s acrobatic team, the Frecce Tricolori (Tricolour arrows).
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