The previous day, Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverov had passed the quarter-finals. And Yannick Sinner and Ben Shelton won the quarter finals today. The lineup for the second semi-final of the Australian Open has also been fixed. Yannick Cena will play against Shelton.
Top seed Yannick Sina defeated eighth seed Alex de Minaur of Australia in straight sets in the men's singles quarterfinals yesterday. Sinar won the game 6-3, 6-2, 6-1. In another quarterfinal, 21st seed Ben Shelton of the United States defeated Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7-4).
Cener-de Minaur's clash did not even come close to the poetic match that Djokovic-Alcaraz had made the previous day's last-eight encounter. In fact, the host competitor de Minaur could not challenge Sinar in that way. He got the support of the gallery as a host. The fans cheered when the points were won. But it didn't work. The scoreline of the match says that De Minaur could not put up much resistance in front of Sinar. As a result Sinar got an easy victory.
Cinerke is thought to be Djokovic's potential challenger in this year's Australian Open after Alcaras withdrew. Djokovic-Sinner will meet in the final if they win their respective semi-finals.
Like the boys, the lineup for the second semi-final for the girls has also been finalised. USA's Madison Keys will play second seed Iga Shiatek. The lineup for the first semi-final was decided earlier in the day, with top seed Aryna Sabalenka taking on Spain's 11th seed Paula Badosa.
