Women’s world number one Ashleigh Barty is out of the Australian Open, defeated at the quarter final stage.
She was beaten in three sets by Karolina Muchova in Melbourne.
Muchova will now face American Jennifer Brady.
The 24-year-old Czech staged a comeback to win 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach her first career grand slam semi-final.
Russian Daniil Medvedev is into the last four of the men’s singles after overcoming Andrey Rublev in straight sets.
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2⃣0⃣2⃣1⃣ = Quarterfinal@AndreyRublev97 is staying positive after a strong performance in Melbourne 💪🇷🇺#AusOpen | #AO2021 pic.twitter.com/qIdhKEPjtM— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) February 17, 2021
Rafa Nadal must wait to set a new record of 21 career Grand Slams.
Despite taking a two-sets to love lead, Nadal lost his Australian Open quarter-final in five-sets to fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas.
