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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Michael Jones

Jannik Sinner’s clinical deconstruction of Alex De Minaur was a lesson in class

Jannik Sinner (right) defeats Alex de Minaur in straight sets in Australian Open quarter-final - (AP)

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 every aspect of play than this. Serves, second serves, movement, accuracy, and ball-striking all favoured the 23-year-old who put on a display that validated his ranking as the best tennis player in the world... not that he needed to.

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