As much as any top player, Sinner has been able to expose De Minaur’s lack of first-strike weaponry. The Aussie’s strength is his scrambling and counterpunching, but Sinner serves too well, hits too hard, places the ball too precisely for his defense to be effective. De Minaur hasn’t found a way to hurt, rattle, of disrupt him.

The Australian Open quarter-finals continue on Wednesday and top seed Jannik Sinner's task of defending his crown is not getting any easier. The Italian is recovering from an illness and will face Australia's last hope Alex De Minaur,

Swiatek will face No. 19 Madison Keys of the U.S. on Thursday night for a berth in the final. The other women’s semifinal is No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, the two-time defending champion, against her good friend, No. 11 Paula Badosa.

Alex de Minaur felt like he'd been "slapped across the face" with his loss while Ben Shelton has joined in on condemning the host broadcaster

A few hours ago Iga Swiatek dropped just three games as she breezed past Emma Navarro to reach the Australian Open semi-finals and continue her bid for a maiden Melbourne title. Five-time major winner Swiatek was ruthless in a 6-1 6-2 victory over eighth seed Navarro.

Alex de Minaur is knocked out of the Australian Open by defending champion Jannik Sinner, who wins their quarterfinal 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 inside two hours.

Jannik Sinner cruised into the Australian Open semi-finals on Day 11, January 22, after defeating home favourite Alex de Minaur in straight sets at Rod Laver Arena. The Italian, who didn’t look well in his previous match against Holger Rune,

Australian Open latest score and updates from blockbuster quarter-final - Sinner looks to book his place in the semi-finals when he faces Australia’s De Minaur

First-time major semi-finalist Ben Shelton has taken a swipe at broadcasters at the Australian Open, complaining that there has been inappropriate questioning of players in on-court interviews.

Alex de Minaur follows up winning the second set ... American eighth seed Emma Navarro has come through a back-and-forth tie with Russian ninth seed Daria Kasatkina to reach the quarter-finals.

for Alex de Minaur, at least. We can expect a partisan ... "I think we should be able to see it afterwards," reckons Emma Navarro. "It happened so fast. In the back of your head you're like ...

Defending champion Jannik Sinner defeats Alex de Minaur 6-3 6-2 6-1 Ben Shelton ... controversy during Iga Swiatek's match against Emma Navarro. I'm always one for the truth and if the truth ...