A swift hold from Alcaraz throws the pressure back to De Minaur.

But right at the start of the 12th game, De Minaur is handed a time violation!

Alcaraz is telling the umpire that he wasn’t ready. That was weird from the umpire.

De Minaur pulls himself back level. Another awesome display of ball-striking, as he attacks Alcaraz from the baseline. This first set could be going the distance.

This is just different level from De Minaur. He was absolutely crushed by Jannik Sinner at this stage last year and this is such a different story.

He mixes it up against the Alcaraz serve, flashing the sharp returns. On break point, De Minaur fires a brilliant backhand winner down the line.

Alcaraz roars as he finds a crucial break! De Minaur pays the price for some errors as he looks to go toe-for-toe with Alcaraz from the baseline, leaving him with 0-40.

Alcaraz is all over the second serve and De Minaur goes long on the forehand. He’ll now serve for the set.

Is Alcaraz in some trouble? A forehand flies long and suddenly De Minaur has a look at 0-30.

But Alcaraz finds his strike and let’s the home crowd know he’s up for the fight with a huge cry of “vamos!”

The athleticism on display from both players is phenomenal. De Minaur hits back and levels the first set. Alcaraz is making De Minaur hit big but he has come out firing, continuing his form from the tournament.

There are oooos as Alcaraz misses on the first serve and suddenly, as an Alcaraz backhand finds the net, De Minaur has three break points.

De Minaur can’t make a return against the second serve, though, and Alcaraz saves the first two. This is a massive opportunity for De Minaur.

De Minaur takes it! He stretches left to reach the Alcaraz backhand and fires it back on the angle. Alcaraz nets and De Minaur is back on terms!

A roar from the home crowd as De Minaur gets on the board. Alcaraz, who is popular wherever he plays and is very rarely the second favourite, will be up against it tonight and the Australian needs to use the power of that.

Alcaraz has started on fire. For De Minaur, part of the challenge is telling himself he can still do this. He’s started at a high level, too, it just hasn’t been enough yet.

WHAT A START to this match!

Incredible. De Minaur faced 0-30 off the gun. But he somehow turns defence into attack against Alcaraz, blasting for the lines.

Alcaraz responds by ramping up the winners, including a crunched return down the line.

On break point, Alcaraz moves into attack and sends De Minaur chasing. It’s brilliant defence, but Alcaraz finds his way through.

Stunning from Alcaraz.