Excellent news for Alex de Minaur: he’s within the quarterfinals of his dwelling slam for the primary time in his profession.
Unhealthy information: he has to go up towards Jannik Sinner.
De Minaur would reasonably face anybody else, however will probably be Sinner on the opposite facet of the online on the Australian Open on Wednesday night time. The pinnacle-to-head sequence is 9-0 to Sinner, and that doesn’t even inform the total story. In 21 whole units between the 2, the Italian has received 20. The one one he misplaced was in a tiebreaker, and he has received 19 of his 20 previous to a ‘breaker. It’s whole domination.
For the Aussie trustworthy, at the very least some coronary heart will be taken from the truth that De Minaur seems to be taking part in one of the best tennis of his profession. The world No. 8 is 6-0 to date this 12 months with two United Cup victories plus wins at Melbourne Park over Botic van de Zandschulp, Tristan Boyer, Francisco Cerundolo, and Alex Michelsen. Solely Cerundolo managed to take a set within the first spherical rounds.
Sadly for De Minaur, Sinner can also be in peak type–and it’s secure to say that Sinner’s peak is rather a lot increased than De Minaur’s. The world No. 1 went 73-6 final season and he’s 4-0 to date this 12 months with win in Melbourne on the expense of Nicolas Jarry, Tristan Schoolkate, Marcos Giron, and Holger Rune. Sinner struggled within the warmth for some time towards Rune however emerged principally unscathed.
The underside line is that it’s robust to look previous the H2H historical past. Sinner has dominated his final 12 units towards De Minaur 6-4, 6-1, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3, 6-0, 7-5, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3, and 6-4.
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