De Minaur's big chance to break new ground at Wimbledon

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-de-minaur/dh58/overview'Alex de Minaur/a has enjoyed the best season of his career and he can make it even better at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a./ppWhen a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lucas-pouille/pf39/overview'Lucas Pouille/a withdrew ahead of their third-round match on Saturday due to an abdominal injury, it put De Minaur in position to break new ground in the PIF ATP Live Rankings. /ppThe Australian, who is currently live No. 9, will surge to No. 6 if he wins his fourth-round match against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-fils/f0f1/overview'Arthur Fils/a. That would position him to move to a career-high PIF ATP Ranking (currently No. 7) on 15 July if he is able to maintain that spot./p[ATP APP]pLive No. 6 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hubert-hurkacz/hb71/overview'Hubert Hurkacz/a, No. 7 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a and No. 8 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a all lost before the third round of The Championships, providing the opening for De Minaur./ppOnly six Australians in the history of the PIF ATP Rankings (since 1973) have reached a career-high ranking better than No. 6: a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lleyton-hewitt/h432/overview'Lleyton Hewitt/a (No. 1), a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/john-newcombe/n044/overview'John Newcombe/a (No. 1), a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/patrick-rafter/r255/overview'Patrick Rafter/a (No. 1), a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ken-rosewall/r075/overview'Ken Rosewall/a (No. 2), a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rod-laver/l058/overview'Rod Laver/a (No. 3) and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/pat-cash/c023/overview'Pat Cash/a (No. 4)./ppstronga rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/rankings/singles/live" target="_blank"PIF ATP Live Rankings/a/strongnbsp;(6 July)/ptable style="width: 100%;" tbody tr tdnbsp;strongPlayer/strong/td tdnbsp;strongLive Points/strong/td tdnbsp;strongMax Points/strong/td /tr tr tdnbsp;6) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hubert-hurkacz/hb71/overview'Hubert Hurkacz/a/td tdnbsp;4,105/td tdnbsp;-/td /tr tr tdnbsp;7) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a/td tdnbsp;4,070nbsp;/td tdnbsp;-/td /tr tr tdnbsp;8) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a/td tdnbsp;4,030/td tdnbsp;-/td /tr tr tdnbsp;9) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-de-minaur/dh58/overview'Alex de Minaur/a/td tdnbsp;3,985/td tdnbsp;5,785/td /tr tr tdnbsp;10) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/grigor-dimitrov/d875/overview'Grigor Dimitrov/a/td tdnbsp;3,770/td tdnbsp;5,570/td /tr /tbody/tablepDe Minaur is in sixth in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin as he tries to qualify for the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a for the first time.nbsp;/ppThe 25-year-old has climbed one spot so far this tournament, passing seventh-placed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview'Stefanos Tsitsipas/a, who lost in the second round to a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/emil-ruusuvuori/rh24/overview'Emil Ruusuvuori/a./ppThe a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a will be played from 10-17 November at Inalpi Arena in Turin./pp[NEWSLETTER FORM]/pbr /