Home hope De Minaur destroys Bublik at Australian Open to set up Alcaraz showdown

• Australian wins 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 on Rod Laver Arena

• De Minaur will meet world No 1 on hottest day since 2020

Fuelled by revenge, dismissing doubters and upturning narratives, Alex de Minaur is within reach of somewhere he has never been. The home hope blitzed his bogeyman Alexander Bublik in just 92 minutes on Sunday night to book a place in his seventh grand slam quarter-final, and a tantalising showdown with the top seed Carlos Alcaraz.

Sunday’s match finished in a blink, 6-4, 6-1, 6-1, before the sun went down over a surprisingly chilly Rod Laver Arena that left the Kazakhstani cussing to his coach about the conditions.