He’ll take on Jannik Sinner on Friday after the World No. 1 dispatched Australia’s Alex de Minaur in straight ... whether it was, ‘Hey, (Gael) Monfils is old enough to be your dad.

Shelton has played at least one tiebreaker in all five of his matches at the Aussie Open and needed three of them to outlast Gael Monfils ... round and No. 8 Alex De Minaur (6-3, 6-2, 6-1).

Record crowds roamed Melbourne Park, new stars emerged, and old ones wound back the clock. Revellers had fun at the party ...

Queues sprawled almost 100m from the doors to court 3 as French showman Gael Monfils began his tournament ... Kudermetova in straight sets. Is Alex de Minaur ever going to break our men’s ...

Mystery surrounds why Katie Boulter flew out of Melbourne ahead of Alex de Minaur's quarter-final at the Australia Open - and her absence from the player's box could not have done the local hope ...