Aggression the key to de Minaur's rise, says Philippoussis

Former world number 8 Mark Philippoussis says Alex De Minaur's recent success has come off the back of more aggressive tactics.

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00:00 He's been incredibly impressive. He had his best year last year. He was incredibly consistent.

00:07 What's very important for me, he's realised and he's tried to make that change to be a

00:11 little more aggressive in his matches. We know how fast he is and how mentally tough

00:15 he is and the defence he has, but it is important to step into the court sometimes and try and

00:20 shorten the points when he can. He's trying to make that change and I think it's been

00:27 effective and for me it seems like he's in a very good place. He's himself off the court

00:33 and happy and it's showing on the court with the results.