Defending champion Jannik Sinner raced into the Australian Open semi-finals on Wednesday in imperious fashion after Iga Swiatek was equally ruthless to close on a first Melbourne crown.
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Earlier in the day, Iga Swiatek cruised past Emma Navarro 6-1, 6-2 in their Women’s Singles quarter-final while Madison Keys secured a surprising 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Elina Svitolina to set up a meeting with Swiatek tomorrow.
Imperious Iga Swiatek swept into an Australian Open semi-final against Madison Keys on Wednesday while Jannik Sinner's powers of recovery will be tested to the limit when he faces home
Iga Swiatek will look to continue her march to a maiden Australian Open title on Wednesday while Jannik Sinner's powers of recovery will be tested in a quarter-final against home hope Alex de Minaur.De Minaur is looking to become the first Australian man to reach the semi-finals at his home Open since Lleyton Hewitt 20 years ago.
The last of the Australian Open men's quarterfinals takes place in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, in the United States.
Carlos Alcaraz had Novak Djokovic on his heels early and lamented not being able to put him away in the Australian Open quarterfinals.
Tennis Focus, Grand Slam, Hot Topics The quarterfinals conclude on Wednesday in Melbourne. As per Ravi Ubha, Iga Swiatek has dropped fewer games through four rounds this fortnight (11) than
Novak Djokovic had quite the reaction to beating Carlos Alcaraz in the 2025 Australian Open quarterfinals on Tuesday.
As much as any top player, Sinner has been able to expose De Minaur’s lack of first-strike weaponry. The Aussie’s strength is his scrambling and counterpunching, but Sinner serves too well, hits too hard, places the ball too precisely for his defense to be effective. De Minaur hasn’t found a way to hurt, rattle, of disrupt him.
The Australian Open quarter-finals continue on Wednesday and top seed Jannik Sinner's task of defending his crown is not getting any easier. The Italian is recovering from an illness and will face Australia's last hope Alex De Minaur,
Djokovic has been at the centre of controversy before at the Australian Open, notably in 2022 when he was deported on the eve of the tournament over his refusal to be vaccinated against Covid. He claimed ahead of this year’s tournament that he was “poisoned” by lead and mercury in his food while held in a hotel before being deported.