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ATP Finals tennis: Carlos Alcaraz v Felix Auger-Aliassime semi-final – live

First set: Sinner 1-1 De Minaur* (*denotes next server)

Ooohs and aaaahs from the crowd on a lovely first point, with slicing and dicing and drop shots and lobs and eventually a De Minaur winner, which lands bang on the baseline. Even the Italians are applauding the Australian. “Just another 80 of those will do,” quips Laura Robson on commentary. And look, look: 0-15 morphs into 0-30 and 0-40. Sinner hasn’t been broken this week at all. He fends off the first bp with an unreturned serve; De Minaur slaps into the net on the second. Another snarling serve and it’s deuce. Then advantage Sinner and game. Sinner maintains his perfect record.

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