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.

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.

Emma Navarro (USA) on court interview after defeating Wang Xiyu (CHN) at the 2025 Australian Open Second Round. INTERVIEW: Emma Navarro talks three-hour thriller against Peyton Stearns at ...

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,

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,

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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.

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.

Jannik Sinner hopes to join Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev in the semi-finals of the Australian Open when he faces off against home favourite Alex De Minaur ... past Emma Navarro 6-1, 6-2 ...

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 ...

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Nick Kyrgios was left in absolute disbelief after reading one comment about Alex de Minaur's game that he even declared it "the worst take ever." At this year's Australian Open, the top-ranked Australian male tennis player reached his first quarterfinal at Melbourne Park before Jannik Sinner ended his campaign with a routine 6-3 6-2 6-1 win.