Big day in Sydney for teenager

Australian teenager Alex de Minaur won two matches in a day to claim his first career ATP title at the Sydney International on Saturday.

De Minaur, 19 and ranked 29, conquered the fresher Italian Andreas Seppi 7-5 7-6 (7/5) in the final after overcoming Frenchman Gilles Simon in a rainpostponed semifinal earlier in the day.

De Minaur’s triumph made him the youngest winner of the Sydney tournament since his mentor Lleyton Hewitt claimed it as a 19-year-old in 2001.

Sydney-born De Minaur is the first Australian champion at the 134-year-old tournament since Bernard Tomic in 2013.