It's sad that Federer is out. Although I hope Tsitsipas does well in this tournament, men's tennis does need another younger up and coming player.

Yes it does need another young.player making that breakthrough. A.missed opportunity for Zverev.

Serena through to the quarters in a thriller against Halep.

Serena Williams reaches her 50th Grand Slam quarter-final with that win over Halep.

Hopefully she bottles the chance to equal the record yet again.

Petra Kvitova is into the semi-final with a 6-1 6-4 win over Ashleigh Barty.

 

It's her first Grand Slam semi-final since she won Wimbledon in 2014.

Rafael Nadal beats Frances Tiafoe in straight sets to reach the Australian Open semi-final.

 

Nadal vs Tsitsipas should be a cracker that in the semi-final.

 

Naomi Osaka through to the semis in straight sets.

Hopefully she bottles the chance to equal the record yet again.

 

And she literally did just that :cheer: FOUR match points!!!

 

The only downside is we don't get to see Osaka knock her out again.

In the other men's semi-final, it will be Djokovic v Pouille.

Nadal beat Tsitsipas in straight sets to go through to the final.

It will be an Osaka v Kvitova final then.

SO happy for Osaka! She got the celebrate the win properly this time too. Must be a long while since someone other than Williams won back-to-back Slams in the Women's game? She's such a humble and polite person too, would be great for her to be the next dominant female player.

That was a great final. Osaka did well to keep her composure after collapsing in the second set. The womens' tournament has been much more interesting to watch compared to the mens' so I hope we get a really good mens' final tomorrow with the top 2 seeds playing each other.

Fantastic from Osaka who becomes the first Asian tennis World No.1. Great effort.from Kvitova good to see her back to her best following that horrific knife injury.

What a performance from Djok that was! No contest at all there, was hoping for a better final but what can you say Rafa barely got a look in. Certainly will be interesting to see what happens if they meet in the French Open final.

Seems fitting that the three greatest players in mens tennis history now all own a record for most wins in their best slams. Federer - 8 Wimbledon, Nadal - 11 French and Novak - 7 Australian

Men's Rankings

 

 

 

1. Novak Djokovic (Ser)

2. Rafael Nadal (Spa)

3. Alexander Zverev (Ger)

4. Juan Martin del Potro (Arg)

5. Kevin Anderson (SA)

6. Roger Federer (Swi)

7. Kei Nishikori (Jpn)

8. Dominic Thiem (Aut)

9. John Isner (US)

10. Marin Cilic (Cro)

11. Karen Khachanov (Rus)

12. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GR)

13. Borna Coric (Cro)

14. Milos Raonic (Can)

15. Fabio Fognini (Ita)

16. Daniil Medvedev (Rus)

17. Lucas Pouille (Fra)

18. Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa)

19. Marco Cecchinato (Ita)

20. Diego Schwartzman (Arg)

 

Other Britons in top 200:

 

29. Kyle Edmund (GB)

64. Cameron Norrie

163. Dan Evans

180. James Ward

Women's Rankings:

 

1. Naomi Osaka (Jpn)

2. Petra Kvitova (Cze)

3. Simona Halep (Rom)

4. Sloane Stephens (US)

5. Karolina Pliskova (Cze)

6. Angelique Kerber (Ger)

7. Elina Svitolina (Ukr)

8. Kiki Bertens (Ned)

9. Caroline Wozniacki (Den)

10. Aryna Sabalenka (Blr)

11. Serena Williams (US)

12. Daria Kasatkina (Rus)

13. Anastasija Sevastova (Lat)

14. Ashleigh Barty (Aus)

15. Garbine Muguruza (Spa)

16. Julia Goerges (Ger)

17. Madison Keys (US)

18. Wang Qiang (Chn)

19. Caroline Garcia (Fra)

20. Anett Kontaveit (Est)

 

 

 

Britons in top 200:

 

39. Johanna Konta

88. Katie Boulter

110. Heather Watson

121. Harriet Dart

177. Katie Swan

184. Gabriella Taylor