Australian Open: Stefanos Tsitsipas beats Jannik Sinner to reach semi-finals

Fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas reached the Australian Open semi-finals for the third time with a dominant straight sets victory over Jannik Sinner.

The 23-year-old Greek, beaten in the last four in 2019 and 2021, won 6-3 6-4 6-2 on Rod Laver Arena.

Italian Sinner, the 11th seed, failed to witness a break point in the match.

He will now face the winner of Russian Daniil Medvedev — the highest seeded player in the draw — against Canada's ninth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime.

Tsitsipas wrapped up the opening set in 36 minutes and broke early in the second with a superb array of groundstrokes before the rain began to pour in Melbourne.

That meant the roof needed to come on, and the court be towelled down. But after an 18-minute break the players returned and Tsitsipas picked where he left off to close out the set.

The 20-year-old Sinner was aiming to follow compatriot Matteo Berrettini, who progressed on Tuesday, as the first Italian man to reach the Australian Open semi-finals.

But he was unable to lay a glove on the Tsitsipas serve and it was the Greek who again broke early in the third, teeing up the moment with a stunning backhand winner.

Tsitsipas immediately broke again and clinically polished off the victory to progress in two hours six minutes and continue his pursuit of a first Grand Slam.