• Multiple lay days mean surfer is missing twin sister’s wedding
• 27-year-old is two wins from first World Surf League title since 2022

Isabella Nichols always expected this weekend to be a highlight of the year, she just thought it would be spent at her twin sister’s wedding rather than in waves off El Salvador.

Lay days are the bane of every surfer’s existence.

• The Australian reaches last four of Monte Carlo Masters
• He will play either Stefanos Tsitsipas or Lorenzo Musetti

Alex de Minaur has humbled Bulgarian star Grigor Dimitrov 6-0 6-0 to feast on the first “double bagel” of his professional career while powering into the Monte Carlo Masters semi-final.

The Australian was in merciless mood against the out-of-sorts veteran, taking only 44 minutes to hand the world No 18 one of his most embarrassing defeats on the Monte Carlo Country Club’s main arena, Court Rainier III, on Friday.