MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Highlights of the 11th day of the Australian Open on Wednesday (times GMT): 1116 SINNER STROLLS TO SEMI-FINAL CLASH WITH SHELTON Defending champion Jannik Sinner reached the semi-final with a comfortable 6-3 6-2 6-1 win over Alex de Minaur, with the Italian looking fully recovered from the illness which had hampered him […]
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Tennis-Australian Open 2025: Day 11 highlights, results
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Highlights of the 11th day of the Australian Open on Wednesday (times GMT):
1116 SINNER STROLLS TO SEMI-FINAL CLASH WITH SHELTON
Defending champion Jannik Sinner reached the semi-final with a comfortable 6-3 6-2 6-1 win over Alex de Minaur, with the Italian looking fully recovered from the illness which had hampered him in his previous match with Holger Rune.
The top seed will now meet American 21st seed Ben Shelton for a place in the final.
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1046 SINNER TAKES TWO-SET LEAD OVER DE MINAUR
Sinner has a two-set lead over De Minaur, with the Italian taking the second 6-2 after breaking the Australian’s serve in the opening game and broke again to lead 4-1.
1004 SINNER WINS OPENING SET AGAINST DE MINAUR
Defending champion Jannik Sinner won the first set 6-3 against Australian eight seed Alex de Minaur in their quarter-final clash.
0834 SONEGO FALLS SHORT AGAINST SHELTON
Shelton edged Sonego 6-4 7-5 4-6 7-6(4) after a nearly four-hour battle on Rod Laver Arena to advance to his first semi-final at Melbourne Park.
Up next for Shelton, who was a semi-finalist at the 2023 U.S. Open, is either defending champion Jannik Sinner or home favourite Alex de Minaur.
0722 SONEGO WINS THIRD SET TO KEEP SEMIS HOPES ALIVE
Sonego won the third set 6-4 against Shelton to keep his semi-finals hopes alive after the American had clinched the first two sets.
0643 SHELTON TWO SETS UP AGAINST SONEGO
Shelton took a two-set lead against Sonego after the 22-year-old American clinched the second 7-5 to move closer to a first semi-final at Melbourne Park.
0531 SHELTON TAKES OPENING SET AGAINST SONEGO
American 21st seed Ben Shelton won the first set 6-4 against Italian Lorenzo Sonego on Rod Laver Arena. Both players are looking to book a place in the semi-finals at Melbourne Park for the first time.
0423 SWIATEK CRUSHES NAVARRO TO SET UP KEYS SEMI-FINAL CLASH
Swiatek continued her bid for a first crown at Melbourne Park as the Polish second seed stormed to a 6-1 6-2 victory over Navarro.
While the first set was one-way traffic, the second was level at 2-2 before former world number one Swiatek pulled away to seal the win in just under 90 minutes.
0329 SWIATEK LEADS QUARTER-FINAL AGAINST NAVARRO
Iga Swiatek moved a step closer to a second semi-final at Melbourne Park when the five-times Grand Slam champion took the opening set 6-1 in just 35 minutes against American eighth seed Emma Navarro on Rod Laver Arena.
0233 KEYS OVERCOMES SVITOLINA TO BOOK SEMIS BERTH
Keys battled from a set down to beat Svitolina 3-6 6-3 6-4 and advance to the semi-finals for the third time at Melbourne Park.
The win against Svitolina also stretches the 29-year-old’s winning streak to 10 matches.
0156 KEYS LEVELS QUARTER-FINAL WITH SVITOLINA
American 19th seed Keys won the second set 6-3 to force a decider in her quarter-final against Ukrainian 28th seed Svitolina.
0110 SVITOLINA TAKES FIRST SET IN QUARTER-FINAL AGAINST KEYS
Elina Svitolina took the first set 6-3 in her quarter-final against Madison Keys in the early match at Rod Laver Arena.
The winner will play either Emma Navarro or Iga Swiatek for a place in the final.
(Reporting by Ian Ransom in Melbourne and Pearl Josephine Nazare in Bengaluru and Trevor Stynes; Editing by Peter Rutherford and Christian Radnedge)