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,

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.

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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Emotions ran high in the stands at Rod Laver Arena as Alex de Minaur progressed to his first ... Elina Svitolinas and Emma Navarro all advanced to the quarterfinal at Melbourne Park.

The Italian is recovering from an illness and will face Australia's last hope Alex De Minaur ... her match against U.S. Open semi-finalist Emma Navarro with a huge burden lifted off her shoulders ...

Alex de Minaur won his first round match in straight ... Elsewhere, there were wins for seeded players Emma Navarro, Holger Rune, Daniil Medvedev, Jasmin Paolini and Elena Rybakina.

Iga Swiatek will look to continue her march to a maiden Australian Open title on Wednesday while Jannik Sinner's powers of recovery will be tested in a quarterfinal against home hope Alex de Minaur.

The Italian is recovering from an illness and will face Australia's last hope Alex De Minaur ... her match against U.S. Open semi-finalist Emma Navarro with a huge burden lifted off her shoulders ...

De Minaur has been one of the most consistent players over the last year. Looking at the Australian's results over the last year, it is clear that he deserves to be where he is no

Sinner toppled de Minaur 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 in an hour and 48 minutes at Rod Laver Arena, shuttering the dreams of the home nation. De Minaur will have to find improvements to become a