Jannik Sinner, defending champion in Melbourne, scored a 19th victory in a row this Wednesday to secure his place in the semi-final of the Australian Open, where he will face the American Ben Shelton (20th).
Double Grand Slam winner, the 23-year-old Italian beat the Australian 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 Alex De Minaur (8th) to tie the longest winning streak of his career.
Sinner is undefeated since the final of the Beijing tournament at the beginning of October 2024, where he was dominated by the 3rd world Carlos Alcaraz.
After a round of 16 where he seemed overwhelmed by the heat and admitted to having suffered from “dizziness“, the world number 1 experienced little difficulty on Wednesday in much milder temperatures (around twenty degrees Celsius).
Thanks to his victory against From Minaurbeaten ten times in as many confrontations by the Italian, Sinner becomes the first player from his country to reach the final four of the first Grand Slam of the season several times.
-He also equals his compatriot Nicola Pietrangeli in the ranking for the number of semi-finals played in a Grand Slam by an Italian player (5) and will become the sole record holder if he again reaches the last four of a major tournament in the future.
Sinner will face the American left-hander on Friday Ben Sheltonwinner in four sets of the Italian Lorenzo Sonego (55th) earlier today.
