Australian Open: Jannik Sinner flies to semifinals, Alex de Minaur scrambled
Australian Open: Jannik Sinner-Alex de Minaur 6-3 6-2 6-1
Jannik Sinner scrambles Alex de Minaur and flies into the semifinals at the Australian Open. The South Tyrolean, in fact, è imposed himself on the Australian tennis player with a peremptory 6-3 6-2 6-1, in one hour and forty-eight minutes of play.
The South Tyrolean got off to an immediate rocket start in the first set finding a four-games-to-one lead. De Minaur, for his part, tries to fight back, but the blue è relentless on serve and closes the score at 6-3 without conceding break balls.
The second set also started downhill for Sinner, who found the break in the opening game. In the next game, the Australian has a chance to break even again, but the San Candido native first cancels the break ball and then flies to 2-0. Compounding the missed opportunity, de Minaur began to struggle on his own serves and in the fifth game came the double advantage for the South Tyrolean. At that point è it was just a formality for the world number one to close out the set on 6-2.
In the third set, the world number eight finally came off the court and Sinner took advantage to fly 4-0 in a short time. The Australian, for his part, manages to avoid the overcoat, but the Italian doesn't give his opponent a chance and thanks to another partial set of two consecutive games, closes the file on 6-1, detaching the pass for the next stage of the tournament.
In the semifinals, Jannik Sinner will face American Ben Shelton, who defeated Lorenzo Sonego by a score of 6-4 7-5 4-6 7-6, after a battle of nearly four hours of play.
