Melbourne home hope De Minaur 'not just making up the numbers'
The Australian is at a career-high ranking, but rankled by his failure to go beyond the last eight at a major.
He made a solid start to his latest bid in Melbourne with a 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 win over American Mackenzie McDonald in the first round.
"I'm not just making up the numbers now," he said after setting up a second-round clash with Serbia's Hamad Medjedovic.
"It's about me taking that next step and believing in my abilities, and that's going to be the only thing that's going to allow me to ultimately...