Venus Williams became the first woman through to the Australian Open semi-finals when she beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Tuesday afternoon. She faces countrywoman Coco Vandeweghe next after the 25-year-old beat Spaniard Garbine Muguruza on Rod Laver Arena.
In the men’s draw, Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka have set up a dream all-Swiss semi-final.
Day 9 Summary as follows.
Quarter Finals
- Venus Williams (USA) defeated (24) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 6-4 7-6
- Coco Vandeweghe (USA) defeated (7) Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) 6-4 6-0
- Stan Wawrinka (SUI) defeated (12) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 7-6 6-4 6-3
- Roger Federer (SUI) defeated Mischa Zverev (GER) 6-1 7-5 6-2
Doubles Matches
- Caroline Garcia (FRA) and Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) defeated Ashleigh Barty (AUS) and Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 1-6 6-2 6-1
- Bob Bryan (USA) and Mike Bryan (USA) defeated (9) Ivan Dodig (CRO) and Marcel Granollers (ESP) 7-6 5-7 6-4
- Samantha Stosur (AUS) and Sam Groth (AUS) defeated Darija Jurak (CRO) and Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) 7-6 7-5
- Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) defeated Alex Bolt (AUS) and Bradley Mousley (AUS) 7-6 4-6 6-3
- Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) and Lucie Safarova (CZE) defeated (11) Raquel Atawo (USA) and Yifan Xu (CHN) 6-1 6-1
- Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) and Shuai Peng (CHN) defeated (3) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) and Elena Vesnina (RUS) 7-5 7-6
- Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) and Mike Bryan (USA) defeated Yifan Xu (CHN) and Fabrice Martin (FRA) 6-3 6-2
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