Ben Shelton's Australian Open quarterfinal foe, Lorenzo Sonego, produced the shot of the tournament — diving to his left for a volley with so much spin that the ball bounced on one side of the net, then floated back over to the other — but it was the American who ended up with the victory Wednesday.

World no. 1 Jannik Sinner safely passed a challenging obstacle at Rod Laver Arena. The Italian faced the home favorite Alex de Minaur in the quarter-final and scored a dominant 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 victory in an hour and 48 minutes.

Top seed and defending champion Jannik Sinner crushes the hopes of home favourite Alex de Minaur to set up an Australian Open semi-final date with American Ben Shelton; watch all the action from the ATP and WTA Tours on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+,

Defending champion Jannik Sinner reached the semifinals of the Australian Open amid health concerns.As per BBC Sports, Sinner performed well and defeated Alex de Minaur with scores of 6-3, 6-2 and 6-1.

As per Opta, Sinner is the fourth player in the last 30 years to reach the quarter-finals for 15 consecutive Tour level tournaments (ATP Finals excluded) after the likes of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic.

Defending champion Jannik Sinner stages mid-match physical recovery to overcome Holger Rune in four sets at the Australian Open on Monday; watch all the action from the ATP and WTA Tours on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+,

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.

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.