Greeting gut-checks with elegance and purpose, Nadal won his seventh Australian Open semi-final 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3. Pressed to the limit in his first five-setter since he lost a two-set lead to Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 2021 AO quarterfinals, Nadal intelligently managed to stagger the energy and four hours, eight minutes from the volatile Shapovalov. I faced heavy strike. victory.

Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced to the quarterfinals The fourth-seeded Tsitsipas beat Taylor Fritz 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

World No. 115, 36-year-old Kanepi, faced insane pressure as he stormed into the Melbourne quarter-finals after beating second-ranked Sabalenka 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (10-7) in a tense tie-breaker.

After a 7-6 (14), 6-2, 6-2 fourth-round victory over fellow left-hander Adrian Mannarino on 23 January, Nadal is now just three wins away from a men's record 21st Grand Slam singles title.

Dan Evans was unable to match his best run at the Australian Open as defeat by ninth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime ended British interest in the singles. British men's number two Evans, seeded 24th, was beaten 6-4 6-1 6-1 by the Canadian in the Melbourne third round.

World number two Daniil Medvedev entered the second week of the Australian Open 2022 with an impressive straight-sets win over Netherlands' Boutik van de Zaandshulp on Saturday. Joining Russia in the fourth round, fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Frenchman Benot Paire in four sets at Melbourne Park.

20-time Major winner Rafael Nadal advanced to the last 16 at the Australian Open after a 6-3, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 win over Karen Khachanov in four hours and 48 minutes. Playing well in the set He entered the last 16 in Melbourne for the 15th time.