Tennis fans are calling out the great "shame" of Jannik Sinner's march into the Australian Open semi-finals at the expense of Alex de Minaur - given anything he achieves in Melbourne will be clouded by a possible suspension.

Defending champion and No. 1 seed Jannik Sinner easily dispatches host country's last hope; Ben Shelton takes on-court interviewers to task.

Swiatek will face No. 19 Madison Keys of the U.S. on Thursday night for a berth in the final. The other women’s semifinal is No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, the two-time defending champion, against her good friend, No. 11 Paula Badosa.

Defending champion Jannik Sinner put any illness worries to bed by crushing home hope Alex de Minaur in a straight-sets rout to tee up an Australian Open semi-final against Ben Shelton. The Italian world number one showed no signs of the health issues that hampered him in his last match to emphatically fly past the eighth seed 6-3,