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For the 12th time in as many meetings, Sinner blew de Minaur off the court. This time it only took the Italian 90 minutes to book a spot in the final with a 6-3, 6-4 win. Watch the biggest Aussie sports & the best from overseas LIVE on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1. Before the Vienna Open, de Minaur took a set off Sinner, the first time he ever managed to avoid a straight-sets defeat. That appeared to give him confidence he was on the right track to beating Sinner, but the Italian proved that wasn’t the case. In the first set, de Minaur found himself down 4-0 in a matter of moments, winning just four points in the opening four games. From there any time the Aussie broke the Italian’s serve, he was immediately broken back. And while the Aussie put up a dogged display and tried different things, Sinner was simply too good as he reached his eighth consecutive ATP Tour - the first player to achieve such a feat since Novak Djokovic a decade ago. “He changed a couple of things, which I was ready for today,” Sinner said after the match. “I don’t want to say (what). He knows. “He knows what to do, how to put (me) under pressure and the moment when you don’t serve very well, you have to play every ball and every point. “He can get very physical. He changed up with the slice a bit, also the slice down the line today and opening the court. Many small things he has changed.” Sinner has now won 20 straight matches on indoor hard courts and will face Alexander Zverev in the final on Monday (AEDT).
