Ashleigh Barty and Rafael Nadal make the semis – day nine at the Australian Open
Rafael Nadal and Ashleigh Barty took contrasting paths to the semi-finals of the Australian Open on Tuesday.
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Rafael Nadal and Ashleigh Barty took contrasting paths to the semi-finals of the Australian Open on Tuesday.
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An ailing Rafael Nadal battled to a five-set victory over Denis Shapovalov in a dramatic Australian Open quarter-final.
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Rafael Nadal has made it to the semi-finals at the Australian Open, despite being out of the game for four months last season with a foot injury.
Some 24 hours after Denis Shapovalov reached his first Australian Open men's singles quarter-final, his friend and countryman Felix Auger-Aliassime joined him in the final eight.
Ashleigh Barty swept past Jessica Pegula to move into the semi-finals of the Australian Open. The world No 1, bidding to become the first Australian to win in Melbourne since Chris O’Neill in 1978, won 6-2 6-0 in just over an hour. Ad/> Barty will next face another American, Madison Keys, as she bids to reach the Australian Open final for the first time.
For the first time in the award's 62-year history, a person with a disability has been named Australian of the Year.