at the australian open, home favourite and world number one ashleigh barty made it look easy as she progressed to the semi finals. she dominated the americanjessicca pegula in straight sets, 6—2, 6—0, in her bid to become the first australian to win the singles title in 44 years. and she will face madison keys who's into her first grand slam semi—final for four years after beating french open champion barbora krejcikova 6—3, 6—2. in the men's draw, rafa nadal�*s hopes of a 21st grand slam are still alive. he was cruising two sets up, only to drop the next two against canada's denis shapovolov. he had the trainer out, and said afterwards he was feeling sick. but he was back out for a thrilling winner takes all in the fifth se. which he recovered to win in his first five setter of the tournament so far. i was completely destroyed after that. yes, very tough day, very warm. honestly, i didn't practise for it. i am not 21 any more, so... after this, these matches,