Rafael Nadal came one win away from the men's record 21st Grand Slam title when an impressive start enabled him to defeat Italy's Matteo Berrettini in the semi-finals of the Australian Open. Moving his left-handed forehand to a suspect Matteo Berrettini backhand, Nadal advanced to his sixth Australian Open final today with a 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 semifinal victory.

Won a 5-set thriller against 9th seed Felix Auger-Aliassim to enter the semi-finals. The Russian superstar, who won the US Open last year, fought from two sets in a thrilling performance to crush 21-year-old Auger-Alysiam's hopes

7th seed Matteo Berrettini became the first Italian man to reach the Australian Open semi-final when he fended ended a heroic comeback from senior campaign Gael Monfils in a marathon quarter-final at the Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday.

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.