Rublev Wears Down Alex De Minaur To Reach Australian Open Quarter-Finals

Fifth seed Andrey Rublev tamed a battling Alex de Minaur in five gruelling sets to shatter home hopes and make his second successive Australian Open quarter-final on Sunday. The Russian wore down the 10th-seeded Australian 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 6-0 over a draining four hours and 14 minutes on Rod Laver Arena. It brought up his 300th Tour-level win and thrust him into a difficult clash with in-form Italian fourth seed Jannik Sinner for a place in the semi-finals.

"An amazing match from Alex," said Rublev, who has made nine previous Slam quarter-finals but never gone further.

"When I was down two sets to one, I said, 'you might die today but you will do everything'. And then I started to play better and better and found more energy and I was able to win."