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Sinner defeats De Minaur in straight sets to extend winning streak

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Sinner defeats De Minaur in straight sets to extend winning streak
Australian Open

Jannik Sinner appeared a man in a hurry on Wednesday night at the Australian Open.

The No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings cruised to a 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 quarter-final 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 Lexus ATP Head2Head meetings with De Minaur, motored to a one-hour, 48-minute victory with a clinical display of baseline hitting inside Rod Laver Arena.

“I feel like today I was feeling everything,” said Sinner, who will take on Ben Shelton in the semi-finals, in his on-court interview. “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 others games, 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.”

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 sixth Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting with Shelton, who earlier defeated Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(4).

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