Jim Courier couldn't help but take a cheeky dig at Alex de Minaur over fiancee Katie Boulter's absence from his loss to Jannik Sinner in the Australian Open quarter-finals on Wednesday night. De Minaur was blown off the court in a masterclass from Sinner, with the Italian winning 6-3 6-2 6-1.
Sinner broke the 25-year-old’s serve on six occasions and only faced one break on his own, which he repelled, with De Minaur landing just 51 per cent of his first serves and being on the wrong end of a lopsided 27-10 winners count.
Alex de Minaur overcame a one-set deficit and his own serving yips Saturday afternoon to defeat 31st-seed Francisco Cerundolo in a marathon third-round Australian Open match.
Alex de Minaur is yet to record a win over Jannik Sinner, but he has received a hint on how he can compete with the world number one in their Australian Open quarterfinal on Wednesday.
Alex de Minaur has booked a blockbuster quarter-final with world No.1 and defending champion Jannik Sinner after reaching the last eight of Australian Open for the first time.
Alex de Minaur’s mum was all of us as she watched her son move through to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the first time.
Alex de Minaur knows he still has a mountain to climb after reaching the last eight of Australian Open for the first time. Looking to end a 49-year drought since Australia celebrated a local men's winner, de Minaur lodged a convincing 6-0 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 victory over rising American Alex Michelsen on Monday night.
Lorenzo Sonego will take on American Ben Shelton in the other men’s quarter-final on Jan 22. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The defending champion has put to bed any concern about his health after demolishing the Australian in under two hours.
Jelena Dokic has warned Alex de Minaur against putting too much focus into the health of opponent Jannik Sinner for their quarter-final clash at the Australian Open. And Wednesday's cooler weather might act as a hindrance to the Aussie star's hopes of progressing.
Todd Woodbridge argues that Alex de Minaur would have had a good shot of beating Jannik Sinner if he played him when Holger Rune did.