6:19 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Rafael Nadal needed all of 11 minutes in his Australian Open semifinal to show 20-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas — and everyone else — that the kid’s upset of Roger Federer was not going to be replicated on this night. Not even close. Naomi Osaka got past Karolina Pliskova

11:15 PM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print MELBOURNE, Australia — John Peers and Henri Kontinen have combined to become the first pair through to the men’s doubles final after beating Leonardo Mayer and Joao Sousa 6-1, 7-6 (6) at the Australian Open. Peers and Kontinen, who combined to win the

6:03 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Serena Williams was one point from victory, one serve from setting up a semifinal rematch against 2018 US Open champion Naomi Osaka. The crowd inside Rod Laver Arena was beginning to thin, as Williams came back from a set and a break down against No. 7 Karolina Pliskova to

8:48 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Naomi Osaka reached her first semifinal at the Australian Open with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Elina Svitolina on Wednesday. Osaka used her aggressive style and big hitting to compile a 31-11 edge in winners, including eight aces. The No. 4-seeded Osaka is the reigning US Open

9:56 AM ET ESPN News Services Rafael Nadal won all of his service games and ended 21-year-old American Frances Tiafoe‘s best run at a major with a dominating 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 victory in the Australian Open quarterfinals. Against Tiafoe, who previously had never been past the third round in a major, Nadal won 20 of

2:14 AM ET Simon Cambers MELBOURNE, Australia — Midway through last year’s French Open, Patrick Mouratoglou made a decision to not be so open with the media between Grand Slam matches. Mouratoglou, Serena Williams‘ coach since 2012 said she didn’t ask him to stop, but … “I thought she needed me to shut up,” he

10:04 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Pablo Carreno Busta lost his cool during a tense fifth-set tiebreaker against Kei Nishikori. After more than five hours slugging it out Monday on Margaret Court Arena in the fourth round of the Australian Open, Carreno Busta was up 8-5 in the final-set tiebreaker before controversy ensued. For the

9:07 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — The most telling point of Serena Williams‘ hard-fought win against world No. 1 Simona Halep didn’t happen on match point. It came during a grueling 16-point game in the third set. Down 3-2 and having just saved three break points, Williams was two serves from surviving the toughest game

3:46 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Danielle Collins was beating No. 2 Angelique Kerber so badly in their fourth-round match that the German star needed to leave the court for a bathroom break. After 20 minutes. Collins, an unseeded American here at the Australian Open, dropped just two games and hit 29 winners against Kerber,

7:01 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Li Na is the first player from Asia elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She joins Mary Pierce and Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the Class of 2019, which was announced Monday at the Australian Open. All three players won a pair of Grand Slam singles titles