Katie Boulter has won the women's British tennis player of the year to cap off a wonderful year alongside fiance Alex de Minaur after the Aussie was cruelly knocked out of the Australian Open. Boulter was a fixture in de Minaur's player's box during his Australian Open run until the quarter-final.

Alex de Minaur has fired back at a British tennis blogger who criticised his hapless Australian Open performance against Jannik Sinner in a late-night social media comment which has now gone viral.

Local hope Alex de Minaur has suffered a thumping straight-sets Australian Open quarter-final loss to world No.1 and defending champion Jannik Sinner.

Jannik Sinner continued his quest for consecutive Australian Open titles with a clinical deconstruction of Alex De Minaur in the last of the men’s singles quarter-finals.

Earlier in the day, Iga Swiatek cruised past Emma Navarro 6-1, 6-2 in their Women’s Singles quarter-final while Madison Keys secured a surprising 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Elina Svitolina to set up a meeting with Swiatek tomorrow.

Alex de Minaur will be aiming to make the Australian Open quarter-finals for the first time when he takes on American talent Alex Michelsen at Rod Laver Arena on Monday night. The Australian eighth seed has reached the fourth round on four occasions but has never made it through to the last eight at Melbourne Park.

Alex de Minaur was given a blunt reminder on Wednesday night of the level he needs to reach if he is to ever taste victory in a grand slam tournament.

Alex de Minaur, the world No. 8, and Nick Kyrgios, who is back after a two-year battle with knee and wrist injuries, are the headliners for their country at Melbourne Park. Kyrgios emceed the night session on John Cain Arena Monday, before De Minaur headlines Rod Laver Arena, the pantheon of Australian tennis Tuesday night.

In the Australian Open quarterfinals on Tuesday, Jannik Sinner faces Alex de Minaur.In his most recent match on Sunday, Sinner took down Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune in four sets, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2,

Australian tennis fans are once again pinning their hopes on the baby-faced Alex de Minaur at Melbourne Park after one of the most lethal early wipeouts of local players in the past decade.

According to the official ATP website, de Minaur has taken home US$15,303,985 (approx. AU$23,645,905) in tournament winnings. That sum includes prize money from both singles and doubles events.

Jannik Sinner disposed of Holger Rune in four sets in the fourth round of the Australian Open as the World No. 1 player looks to make it back-to-back Grand Slam