Excellent news for Alex de Minaur: he’s within the quarterfinals of his house slam for the primary time in his profession.
Unhealthy information: he has to go up in opposition to Jannik Sinner.
De Minaur would slightly face anybody else, however it will likely be Sinner on the opposite aspect of the online on the Australian Open on Wednesday evening. The top-to-head collection is 9-0 to Sinner, and that doesn’t even inform the total story. In 21 whole units between the 2, the Italian has gained 20. The one one he misplaced was in a tiebreaker, and he has gained 19 of his 20 previous to a ‘breaker. It’s whole domination.
For the Aussie devoted, at the least some coronary heart might be taken from the truth that De Minaur seems to be enjoying one of the best tennis of his profession. The world No. 8 is 6-0 to this point this yr 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 kind–and it’s protected to say that Sinner’s peak is lots greater than De Minaur’s. The world No. 1 went 73-6 final season and he’s 4-0 to this point this yr 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 in opposition to Rune however emerged principally unscathed.
The underside line is that it’s powerful to look previous the H2H historical past. Sinner has dominated his final 12 units in opposition to 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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