Daniil Medvedev beats Andrey Rublev to reach semifinals of Australian Open

In Tennis, Fourth seed Daniil Medvedev won his all-Russian quarter-final against seventh seed Andrey Rublev in straight sets 7-5, 6-3, 6-2. Medvedev spent just two hours and five minutes on court, which can only be a good thing for him ahead of his semi-final showdown with either fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas or 20-time grand slam champion Rafael Nadal on Friday evening. That’s 19 wins on the trot for Medvedev and he makes his first appearance in the final four at Melbourne Park.

 

Barty has been dumped out of the Australian Open in a massive quarter-final upset to 25th seed Czech Karolina Muchova.

World No. 1 Barty demolished a struggling Muchova 6-1 in a 24-minute first set before the wheels fell off after Muchova took a controversial 10-minute medical time out while down a break early in the second set. Muchová will return tomorrow to play Jennifer Brady.

 

World No 1 and top seed Ashleigh Barty has been knocked out of the Australian



Open. Barty lost to 25th seed Karolína Muchová of Czech Republic on Rod Laver Arena in the quarter-final at Melbourne Park this morning. Muchova will now face  American Jennifer Brady in the semifinals. 22nd seed Jennifer reached her second Grand Slam semi-final in a row by beating fellow American Jessica Pegula

4-6, 6-2, 6-1 in the quarterfinals.

 

In other fixtures, Serena Williams will face off Naomi Osaka tomorrow for a spot in the final. Williams who is seeking a record-tying 24th major singles championship, defeated second seed Simona Halep 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinals.

 

Three-time Grand Slam champion Osaka overpowered Chinese Taipei's Hsieh Su-Wei 6-2, 6-2 in the quarterfinals yesterday.

In the Men's Singles, fourth seed Daniil Medvedev has sailed into the last four after winning his all-Russian quarter-final against seventh seed Andrey Rublev in straight sets 7-5, 6-3, 6-2.