WRAPUP 1-HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Day 10 at the Australian Open

Dominic Thiem overcame world number one Rafa Nadal on the Grand Slam stage for the first time in six attempts as the Austrian advanced to the Australian Open semi-finals on Wednesday. Fifth seed Thiem secured a 7-6(3) 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(6) victory, ending Nadal's bid to win a second title at Melbourne Park.

"Of course, I am sad. I lost an opportunity to be in the semi-finals of another Grand Slam," said Nadal, who was also bidding to draw level with Roger Federer's haul of 20 majors. "But I lost against a great opponent. And he deserves it, too. Well done for him."

Thiem will next face Germany's Alexander Zverev, who reached his first Grand Slam semi-final with a 1-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 win over 2014 champion Stan Wawrinka. In the women's draw, Wimbledon champion Simona Halep needed just 53 minutes to thrash Estonian Anett Kontaveit 6-1 6-1.

The Romanian set up a semi-final meeting with two-time Grand Slam winner Garbine Muguruza, who beat Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-5 6-3. Highlights of the 10th day at the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, on Wednesday (times AEDT; GMT+11):

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Australian Open order of play on Thursday 0000 THIEM BATTLES PAST TOP SEED NADAL

Austria's Dominic Thiem avenged his French Open final defeat against Rafa Nadal with a 7-6(3) 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(6) quarter-final win over the Spaniard. Thiem becomes only the second Austrian player to reach the Australian Open semi-finals after Thomas Muster, who reached the final four in 1989 and 1997. The fifth seed will meet Alexander Zverev for a place in the final.

1709 ZVEREV STARTS SLOW BEFORE BLASTING PAST WAWRINKA Alexander Zverev surrendered the first set but recovered to beat three-times major champion Stan Wawrinka 1-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 and reach the semi-final stage of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career.

The seventh seed also became the first German man to make the last four at a major since Tommy Haas in 2009. 1531 HALEP DISCUSSES THE BREAKFAST OF WINNERS

Having thrashed Estonia's Anett Kontaveit 6-1 6-1 in under an hour to reach the semi-finals, Simona Halep was asked what she ate in the morning to produce a near-flawless display. "Well, I played really well? Same thing. I have two weeks eating the same thing: ham and cheese," Halep said. "Perfection doesn't exist, but I'm very happy with the way I played."

1415 MUGURUZA DENIES PAVLYUCHENKOVA TO REACH SEMIS Former world number one Garbine Muguruza scored a 7-5 6-3 victory over 30th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to storm into her first Grand Slam semi-final since Roland Garros in 2018.

1206 HALEP RACES INTO SEMI-FINALS Fourth seed Simona Halep advanced to her second Australian Open semi-final with a 6-1 6-1 demolition of Estonia's Anett Kontaveit in just 53 minutes on Rod Laver Arena.

Halep broke five times on the way to set up a semi-final against either Garbine Muguruza or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who play next.