Sinner dealt with the seventh racket and reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open

The second number of the world ranking of the APR Yannick Sinner from Italy reached the semi-finals of the 2026 Australian Open.

In the quarterfinals, the Italian defeated the world’s seventh racket in three sets Ben Shelton (USA) in 2 hours and 25 minutes.

Australian Open 2026. 1/4 finals

Ben Shelton (USA) [8] – Yannick Sinner (Italy) [2] – 3:6, 4:6, 4:6

Sinner held the 10th head-to-head confrontation against Shelton and defeated the American for the ninth time.

Yannick will meet Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals of the Australian Open. Sinner continues his successful defense of last year’s trophy in Melbourne.

Yannick reached the 12th semifinal of the Grand Slam tournament, including the third on the Melbourne courts. In 2024 and 2025, the Italian won the Aus Open trophy.

Sinner has won 50 GS men’s singles matches on hard court in 60 matches. The last player to reach the mark of the first 50 such victories in the same number of games or less was Roger Federer in 2006 (59 matches).

Yannick became the fifth player in the Open era to reach the men’s singles semifinals at six or more consecutive majors, following Ivan Lendl, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.

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