Defending champion Jannik Sinner shattered home hopes Wednesday by crushing Alex de Minaur in a straight-sets rout to tee up an Australian Open semi-final against Ben Shelton.

Defending champion Jannik Sinner dismissed eighth seed Alex de Minaur 6-3 6-2 6-1 to reach the Australian Open semi-finals and extend the country's decades-long wait for another homegrown singles winner at the Grand Slam on Wednesday.

With the win, Jannik Sinner became the youngest player to reach back-to-back men’s singles semi-finals at the Australian Open since Rafael Nadal (2008-09)

Defending champion and No. 1 seed Jannik Sinner easily dispatches host country's last hope; Ben Shelton takes on-court interviewers to task.

Jannik Sinner has marched into the semi-finals of the Australian Open after comprehensively defeating Alex de Minaur in straight sets.In arguably the biggest match of de Minaur's career, the local hope wasn't even given a sniff against the world No.

Local hope Alex de Minaur has suffered a thumping straight-sets Australian Open quarter-final loss to world No.1 and defending champion Jannik Sinner.

Jannik Sinner continued his quest for consecutive Australian Open titles with a clinical deconstruction of Alex De Minaur in the last of the men’s singles quarter-finals. Rarely in professional sport is one person so visibly better than their opponent in ever aspect of play than this.

World No. 1 Jannik Sinner showcased his dominance by defeating Alex de Minaur 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 in the Australian Open quarterfinals on Wednesday. Sinner's powerful performance, highlighted by 27 winners,