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Nadal Heads to Australian Open Semi-Final to Face Tsitsipas


Tue 22 Jan 2019 | 09:51 PM
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CAIRO, Jan.22 (SEE)- Rafael Nadal defeated Frances Tiafoe in straight sets to reach his sixth Australian Open semi-final. Nadal will take on Stefanos Tsitsipas for a place in Sunday's final after the world No 2 comfortably dispatched Tiafoe 6-3 6-4 6-2 in one hour and 47 minutes on Rod Laver Arena.

An emphatic Nadal, who won the 2009 version of the tournament stated post match "For me it's very emotional to be back in the semi-finals in Melbourne. I had some troubles here in all my career so to be back means everything to me. Of course I'm very happy with the way that I played tonight,.