In the Australian Open quarterfinals on Tuesday, Jannik Sinner faces Alex de Minaur.In his most recent match on Sunday, Sinner took down Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune in four sets, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2,
Usually it's fiancee Katie Boulter who draws all the attention in Alex de Minaur's player's box at the Australian Open. But on Monday night it was his mum Esther who stole the show in a viral moment.
Sinner and de Minaur faced each other twice in the latter part of the 2024 season, respectively at the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin and the Davis Cup Finals in Malaga. Despite playing with great courage, the Australian player was defeated in both cases without winning a single set.
Jannik Sinner heads into the quarterfinals in scorching hot form, as his path so far has been pretty clinical, dropping just two sets in four rounds of action. Serving solidly, Sinner sent down 14 aces against Holger Rune in his 6-3,
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Alex de Minaur’s mum was all of us as she watched her son move through to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the first time.
Home favourite Alex De Minaur will face Jannik Sinner in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open after the world number eight beat world number 42 Alex Michelsen of the US 6-0 7-6 6-3 in the round of 16 Monday.
Eighth seed Alex de Minaur is through to the Australian Open quarter-finals after beating Alex Michelsen 6-0, 7-6(5), 6-3 on Monday (January 20).
Alex de Minaur has reached the Australian Open quarter-finals for the first time, setting up an epic last-eight match with world no.1 and reigning champion Jannik Sinner.
Follow live text and radio commentary as Alex de Minaur plays Alex Michelsen in the Australian Open fourth round.
This was de Minaur’s fourth consecutive trip to the round-of-16 in Melbourne, including straight-sets defeats from Sinner (2022) and Novak Djokovic (2023) before the heartbreak of losing to Andrey Rublev last year from two-sets-to-one up.