The No. 5 seed from Australia outlined how windows of opportunity at Grand Slams can quickly — and painfully — slam shut.

Félix Auger-Aliassime and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina delivered a spectacle on the grass that left them both in disbelief.

Alex de Minaur looked poised to break his grand slam quarter-final hoodoo at Wimbledon this fortnight. Instead, the world No.6 is out of the tournament.