World no. 1 Jannik Sinner safely passed a challenging obstacle at Rod Laver Arena. The Italian faced the home favorite Alex de Minaur in the quarter-final and scored a dominant 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 victory in an hour and 48 minutes.

Top seed and defending champion Jannik Sinner crushes the hopes of home favourite Alex de Minaur to set up an Australian Open semi-final date with American Ben Shelton; watch all the action from the ATP and WTA Tours on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+,

Defending champion Jannik Sinner reached the semifinals of the Australian Open amid health concerns.As per BBC Sports, Sinner performed well and defeated Alex de Minaur with scores of 6-3, 6-2 and 6-1.

Sinner, who won the 2024 Australian Open, made it to the fourth round in 2023 and quarter-finals in 2022. Notably, the two-time Grand Slam winner, enjoyed a 23-2 win-loss record at majors last year.

Defending champion Jannik Sinner dismissed eighth seed Alex de Minaur 6-3 6-2 6-1 to reach the Australian Open semi-finals and extend the country's decades-long wait for another homegrown singles winner at the Grand Slam on Wednesday.

As per Opta, Sinner is the fourth player in the last 30 years to reach the quarter-finals for 15 consecutive Tour level tournaments (ATP Finals excluded) after the likes of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic.

Local hope Alex de Minaur has suffered a thumping straight-sets Australian Open quarter-final loss to world No.1 and defending champion Jannik Sinner.

While it didn't end in the manner that he would have hoped, there was plenty to like about Alex de Minaur's 2025 Australian Open campaign. The world No. 8 became the first Aussie to reach the quarter-finals of the men's singles at Melbourne Park since Nick Kyrgios in 2015.

MELBOURNE–Defending champion Jannik Sinner dismissed eighth seed Alex de Minaur 6-3 6-2 6-1 to reach the Australian Open semi-finals and extend the country’s decades-long wait for another homegrown singles winner at the Grand Slam on Wednesday.