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Thursday, Jun 12, 2025
Swiss Wawrinka, who won the first of his three Grand Slams at Melbourne Park in 2014, broke Zverev twice early in the opening set to breeze through the opening set but the 22-year-old German came roaring back into the contest.
Fifth seed Thiem will head into Friday's clash against the young German brimming with confidence, having ended Nadal's bid for a record-equalling 20th Grand Slam title.
The Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year, starts in Melbourne on Monday.
Court, who holds the all-time record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles, has been heavily criticised for voicing her religious-based opposition to same-sex marriage and transgender athletes.
Thrashed 6-1, 6-4 by Kvitova last year, top seed Barty rode on a wave of crowd support as she defused the twice Wimbledon champion's power game before running away with the contest.
Federer, who got involved in a lengthy argument with the chair umpire during the ill-tempered third set, converted his first match point and will meet Novak Djokovic for a place in Sunday's final.
In an enthralling semifinal against Alexander Zverev featuring a rain interruption, a lighting failure and a plenty of drama besides, the fifth seeded Austrian shrugged off a sluggish start and was braver on the big points.
Babos and Mladenovic won their second Australian Open women's doubles crown in three years, beating top seeds Hsieh Su-Wei and Barbora Strycova 6-2, 6-1.
The 32-year-old Sharapova was clearly still hampered by the shoulder injury that had restricted her to one previous competitive outing since her opening-round exit at last year's US Open.
Prajnesh, who had entered the main draw of the men's singles event as a lucky loser in the qualifiers, fought for two hours as rain played spoilsport before he went down 4-6, 2-6, 5-7 to Japan's Tatsuma Ito.
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