Down goes Gauff. Paula Badosa took down Coco Gauff 7-5, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open to advance to her first career Grand Slam semifinal. It was a stunning upset. Gauff came in

We're down to the final eight at the. Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff will look to continue their strong runs and set up a blockbuster semifinal showdown. We break down the matchups.

Badosa knocked World No.3 Coco Gauff out of the Australian Open and entered her maiden Grand Slam semi-finals, becoming only the fourth Spanish woman to do so.

Spain’s Paula Badosa stunned Gauff and grabbed a 7-5, 6-4 win in straight sets in what was a hot battle at Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday afternoon to earn her spot in the semifinals of the first Grand Slam of the year. It marked Badosa’s first-ever win over a top-10 opponent in a Grand Slam, and moved her to ninth in the world.

Aryna Sabalenka will face close friend Paula Badosa in the semi-finals of the Australian Open after battling to a 6-2 2-6 6-3 victory over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

The Spaniard, a former world number two, spent almost two years struggling with back problems and fell to 140th in the rankings

She will meet double defending champion Aryna Sabalenka or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova next. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The 20-year-old says she's trying to keep things in perspective after being knocked out in the quarterfinals by Paula Badosa.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Coco Gauff's retooled forehand and serve abandoned her in the worst way and at the worst time at the Australian Open . The unforced errors just kept accumulating Tuesday, and so did the double-faults and break points, often followed by a palm placed over her eyes or a slap to a thigh.

Coco Gauff fights from a set down to beat Belinda Bencic and join defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in the Australian Open quarter-finals.

Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka raced into the Australian Open quarter-finals while Coco Gauff recovered from a set down to defeat Belinda Bencic. Sabalenka had been pushed in her two previous matches by Jessica Bouzas Maneiro and Clara Tauson, but she was ruthless against 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva.