VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM AUSTRALIAN OPEN QUARTER-FINAL - BEN SHELTON V JANNIK SINNER RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (JANUARY 28, 2026)(TENNIS AUSTRALIA - See restrictions) JANNIK SINNER BEATS BEN SHELTON 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 1. PLAYERS WALK OUT ON TO COURT/ SHELTON FIRST FOLLOWED BY SINNER FIRST SET 2. SINNER WINS UNUSUAL POINT HITTING THE BALL OUTSIDE THE NET POST AND FINDING THE BACK OF THE COURT/ SINNER CELEBRATES/ SLOMO REPLAY 3. FANS WATCHING PLAY AS CAMERA TILTS UP TO REVEAL COURT 4. SINNER HITS FOREHAND TO WIN RALLY ON HIS WAY TO BREAKING SHELTON'S SERVE WHEN HE IS 2-1 UP 5. SHELTON HITS ACE TO SAVE A BREAK POINT AT 4-1 DOWN 6. SINNER HITS AN ACE TO WIN FIRST SET SECOND SET 7. SHELTON NETS AS SINNER GOES A BREAK UP 8. SHELTON WINS LONG RALLY WITH FOREHAND SMASH AT THE NET TO EARN A BREAK POINT 9. SHELTON HITS LONG TO LOSE SECOND SET/ CROWD APPLAUD 10. SINNER FAN WEARING A HAT WITH IMAGES OF THE ITALIAN ON IT THIRD SET 11. CLOCK TICKS OVER TO 2 HOURS 12. SINNER HITS BACKHAND WINNER TO SET UP BREAK POINT WITH SCORE AT 2-2 13. SHELTON WINS RALLY WITH DEFT DROPSHOT AT THE NET TO PREVENT SINNER GETTING ANOTHER BREAK POINT/ FANS WITH U.S. FLAG CELEBRATE 14. SHELTON DOUBLE FAULTS TO GO A BREAK DOWN AS SINNER TAKES 5-4 LEAD 15. SINNER WINS POINT WITH BACKHAND VOLLEY TO SET UP MATCH POINT 16. SINNER ENDS RALLY WITH FOREHAND TO WIN THE MATCH/ SINNER CELEBRATES/ PLAYERS SHAKE HANDS/ SINNER WAVES TO CROWD 17. WHITE FLASH 18. (SOUNDBITE) (English) WORLD NUMBER TWO JANNIK SINNER ON REACHING THE SEMI-FINALS, SAYING: "We have one opponent at a time. It's going to be, as I said, hopefully a great couple of semifinals. We are all four very happy to be still here, and we hope for a great Friday again, and then we'll see how it goes." 19. WHITE FLASH 20. (SOUNDBITE) (English) WORLD NUMBER TWO JANNIK SINNER ON PLAYING NOVAK DJOKOVIC NEXT, SAYING: "We are still lucky to have Novak here playing incredible tennis at his age. (Crowd applauds) But again, we play for you guys, but we also play for us, and hopefully it's going to be a great, great battle out here. And then we (will) see, but it's going to be, of course, very, very difficult." 21. CROWD APPLAUDS 22. SINNER SIGNS CAMERA STORY: Defending champion Jannik Sinner scorched American eighth seed Ben Shelton 6-3 6-4 6-4 on Wednesday (January 28) and moved into the Australian Open semi-finals, setting up a blockbuster showdown with 10-times winner Novak Djokovic. The second seed, who is firmly on course for his third title at Melbourne Park in as many years, tightened his vice-like grip on the rivalry with Shelton by sealing his ninth straight win, all of which have been without conceding a set. Sinner looked to be on his way when he pulled off a stunning winner by gently caressing the ball around the net post en route to breaking in the fourth game, before claiming the opening set with little trouble. Shelton went up a gear and earned a breakpoint at 1-2 down in the second set, but Sinner snuffed out the challenge to surge into another commanding lead despite looking off-color at times and he closed out the frame when the American sent a shot long. A couple of breakpoints came and went in the fifth game of the third set but Sinner benefited from a Shelton double fault to go 5-4 up and wrapped up the win on serve to ensure his meeting with 24-times major champion Djokovic. Speaking on court after the match the Italian noted that all of the top four seeds had made it to the semi-finals telling the crowd "it's going to be, as I said, hopefully a great couple of semifinals". Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic are the first trio to reach four consecutive Grand Slam semi-finals together since Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray in 2012. (Production: Simon Ormiston, Shrivathsa Sridhar in Melbourne) (The article has been published through a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has been published verbatim. Liability lies with original publisher.)
