On Tuesday, the 2014 Australian Open continued and saw another upset of a high seed.
2014 Australian Open results and bracket: Victoria Azarenka knocked out by Agnieszka Radwanska
The first major of the season has been filled with plot twists, and Day 10 was no different.
Clive Brunskill
This time it was in the women’s draw, where No. 2 seed and defending Aussie Open champion Victoria Azarenka was knocked out by fifth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1, 5-7, 6-0 in the quarterfinals. Outside of a hotly contested second set, Radwanska destroyed Azarenka in order to advance.
For Azarenka, the loss snapped her 18-match winning streak at Melbourne.
On Wednesday, Radwanska will face No. 20 Dominika Cibulkova of Russia, while the other semifinal consists of fourth-ranked Li Na and Canadian Eugenie Bouchard.
On the men’s side of the draw, top-seeded Rafael Nadal kept on his path toward the final, beating No. 22 Grigor Dimitrov in four sets, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (9-7), 6-2. Roger Federer pulled off a mild upset, topping England’s Andy Murray in a 6-3, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 contest.
With the win, Federer sets up another epic clash against Nadal in the semifinals. Despite Federer not being the dominant player he was a few years ago, tennis doesn’t have a better rivalry than the Spaniard and the Switzerland native going at it.
The other men’s semi is No. 7 Tomas Berdych vs. eighth-ranked Stanislas Wawrinka.
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