Published: Sun Feb 09 2025

At the Australian Open he took a set off the world number one, and eventual tournament winner, Jannik Sinner.  That's something Australia's top ranked player Alex De Minaur wasn't able to do.  So what has life been like since then for world number 135 Tristan Schoolkate? What does a year on tour look like for the players on the fringes of automatic qualification for the Grand Slams?  Since the Australian Open, Tristan won a tournament in Brisbane and now he's competing in India.