Aus Open: Sinner breezes past home favourite de Minaur to seal semis berth

IANS January 22, 2025 213 views

Jannik Sinner absolutely crushed it in the Australian Open quarterfinals, beating home favorite Alex de Minaur in a comprehensive straight-sets victory. The world No. 1 looked incredibly sharp, continuing his remarkable hard-court Grand Slam winning streak and showing why he's considered one of the top players in the world right now. His performance was so dominant that the match was essentially over almost before it began, with Sinner breaking serve early and often. Next up for Sinner is a semifinal clash with American Ben Shelton, where he'll look to continue his impressive run in Melbourne.

"I feel like today I was feeling everything" - Jannik Sinner
Aus Open: Sinner breezes past home favourite de Minaur to seal semis berth
Melbourne, Jan 22: World No. 1 Jannik Sinner cruised to a 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 quarterfinal triumph against home favourite Alex de Minaur to keep alive his hopes of lifting back-to-back titles at the hard-court major in Melbourne. Sinner, who entered the match having dropped just one set in nine previous ATP head-to-head meetings with De Minaur, motored to a one-hour, 48-minute victory with a clinical display of baseline hitting inside Rod Laver Arena as per ATP stats.

Key Points

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Sinner extends hard-court Grand Slam winning streak to 19 matches

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Clinically defeats de Minaur in straight sets

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Advances to Australian Open semifinals against Ben Shelton

“I feel like today I was feeling everything. On days like this, when you break quite early in each set, it’s a little bit easier. He’s a tough competitor and an amazing player. We know each other quite well now. We’ve played each other so many times and we try to understand each other's game and try to prepare ourselves in the best possible way.

“These kinds of matches, they can go quickly, but also they can change very fast if I go down with my level a little bit and he takes opportunities. I’m very happy about my performance today,” said Sinner in his on-court interview.

The Italian finished the match having converted six of 10 break points he earned, according to Infosys Stats, while he dropped just 10 points on his delivery overall.

With his victory, Sinner extended his winning streak at hard-court Grand Slam events to 19 matches, following his Australian Open title run a year ago and his triumph at the 2024 US Open. The next challenge awaiting the 23-year-old Italian at Melbourne Park this year is a semifinal against Ben Shelton, who earlier defeated Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(4).

Shelton is the second active American man to reach multiple major semi-finals after Frances Tiafoe and the second active man from his nation to reach the Aussie Open semis after Tommy Paul.

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