Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 24, 2022 Italy's Jannik Sinner in action during his fourth round match against Australia's Alex de Minaur REUTERS/Morgan Sette
MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Jannik Sinner raised the Italian flag high over Melbourne Park on Monday, knocking out home hope Alex de Minaur 7-6(3) 6-3 6-4 to join compatriot Matteo Berrettini in the Australian Open quarter-finals.
It is the first time since Paolo Bertolucci and Adriano Panatta at Roland Garros in 1973 that two Italian men have reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam.
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