Little more than 24 hours after Roger Federer outlasted fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka in a five-set Australian Open semifinal, Nadal withstood an amazing performance by Grigor Dimitrov to prevail 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-7(4), 6-4 in four hours and 56 minutes on Friday night. […]
Roger Federer is one win away from his first slam title since Wimbledon in 2012 after he outlasted fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka 7-5, 6-3, 1-6, 4-6, 6-3 in the Australian Open semis on Thursday night. Federer saved two break points that would have given Wawrinka a lead in the fifth before surviving in three hours and four minutes.
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It can never be considered a complete surprise to see Rafael Nadal in the latter stages of a Grand Slam, but this bottom-half semifinal at the Australian Open could not have been anticipated by many when the fortnight began. It will be Nadal vs. Grigor Dimitrov on Friday. […]
Ricky Dimon of The Grandstand and Pete Ziebron of Tennis Acumen preview and pick the two semifinal matches set for Thursday and Friday at the Australian Open. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are one round away from a blockbuster final, but Stan Wawrinka and Grigor Dimitrov stand in their respective ways.
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Rafael Nadal still has several roadblocks in his path to a 15th major triumph, but he overcome an especially large one–literally–during quarterfinal action on Wednesday night. The Spaniard took down No. 3 seed Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-6(7), 6-4 in two hours and 44 minutes. […]
It will be an all-Swiss affair when friends and familiar foes Stan Wawrinka and Roger Federer square off in the Australian Open semifinals on Thursday. Federer emerged from a quarter of the draw that included Andy Murray and Kei Nishikori.
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The Australian Open represents a wonderful time of year for tennis fans. While diehard supporters might pay attention to some of the tune-up tournaments that take place in early January, the two-week slam at Melbourne Park marks the real start of the year’s campaign to a lot of us. […]
It will be Roger Federer vs. Stan Wawrinka in the Australian Open semis after the two swiss stars won their respective quarterfinal clashes on Tuesday. Wawrinka took care of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-3 before Federer also got the job done in straight sets, ending Mischa Zverev’s run 6-1, 7-5, 6-2. […]
Milos Raonic and Rafael Nadal will be squaring off for the ninth time in their careers when they battle for a semifinal spot at the Australian Open on Wednesday. Nadal leads the head-to-head series 6-2, but Raonic has won two of their last three encounters dating back to 2015. […]
The semifinal spot out of the Novak Djokovic-vacated section of the Australian Open draw all comes down to Grigor Dimitrov and David Goffin on Wednesday. Dimitrov ended Denis Istomin’s run, while Goffin is coming off a win over Dominic Thiem. […]
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