Australian Open 2025 LIVE: Latest results and set-by-set updates as Jannik Sinner’s telling move sparks major concerns ahead of his quarter-final clash vs Alex de Minaur
Follow Mail Sport’s live blog for the latest score and game-by-game updates from the Australian Open as Alex de Minaur, Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek are all in quarter-final action.
Huge concerns mounting over Jannik Sinner’s fitness
Good afternoon and we’re back again here at Melbourne Park!
It’s been a warm and windy day here at but the conditions are perfect for tennis and we’ve got a few big matches kicking off tonight.
Ben Shelton has just taken the first set against Lorenzo Sonego in their quarter-finals clash, which will be followed by the match of the evening with Jannik Sinner set to go head-to-head with Alex de Minuar at the Rod Laver Arena later tonight.
But huge concerns are mounting over the Italian’s fitness. It came after reports claimed yesterday that he had allegedly been ‘suffering from pneumonia’.
It came after he was caught shaking uncontrollably during his victory against Holger Rune on Monday.
The reigning Australian Open champion had left the court to receive medical treatment and had told his team that he was feeling dizzy.
Despite that, Sinner has been back in practice this morning ahead of his match against De Minaur but the world No 1 is understood to have practised today in a behind-closed-doors session at Melbourne Park.
It is unknown the true reasoning behind the move and perhaps it may be a precaution to ensure no prying eyes can see him warming up ahead of tonight’s crunch match.
But the move has still attracted speculation and concern that he is still struggling with an illness.
Here comes De Minaur
Tonight’s match should start a little earlier than yesterday’s huge clash between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz.
Play is expected to get underway between 7pm and 7:30pm after Ben Shelton and Lorenzo Sonego’s quarter-final clash at the Rod Laver Arena.
And I’ve just seen De Minaur arriving at Melbourne Park for the match.
He’s making his way through the player’s gym area as he prepares for the blockbuster clash.
It’s the first time in his career that De Minaur will have reached the quarter-finals of his home slam and there was a huge outpouring of emotion after the Australian booked his place in the tournament on Monday night.
His fiancee, Katie Boulter and mum Esther were both seen jumping up and celebrating as De Minaur pushed his way past Alex Michelsen in three sets.
Esther even began to well up before giving Boulter a huge hug after the match.
Has Katie Boulter left Australia?
Katie Boulter issued a cryptic message on Tuesday night indicating that she may have left the country.
She and Alex de Minaur have dazzled over the past two weeks in Melbourne but the Brit suffered a disappointing second-round defeat against Veronika Kudermetova last Thursday.
She’s since stayed in Melbourne to watch her new fiance battle his way to his first-ever Australian Open quarter-finals.
Boulter has been taken on board as an honourary Aussie by many of the home fans at Melbourne Park, with one commentator even asking: ‘Can we start calling you Aussie Kate?’
In the Instagram post, she published several pictures of her playing in Melbourne, Sydney and a snap of her and De Minaur at Kooyong.
She captioned the post: ‘Thank you Aussie for making me feel like I’m at home.’
But the British star added two emojis following the note that indicated she may have left the country.