Australian Open – day nine wrap

Kyle Edmund put himself in highly-esteemed company by defeating third seed Grigor Dimitrov to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open.

The Yorkshireman will play Marin Cilic in the last four following the Croatian’s victory over an ailing Rafael Nadal, who retired trailing 2-0 in the fifth set after sustaining a leg injury.

Fourth seed Elina Svitolina was troubled by a hip problem as she slumped to a 6-4 6-0 loss to unseeded Belgian Elise Mertens but one favourite was successful as Caroline Wozniacki defeated Carla Suarez Navarro 6-0 6-7 (3/7) 6-2 in a late night battle.

Edmund’s coach Fredrik Rosengren became emotional after seeing his charge secure victory against Dimitrov.

Edmund is the centre of attention at Melbourne Park thanks to his stunning run but the 23-year-old has been thinking about a different sport. Edmund, who revealed he has had messages of congratulations from the England cricket team, was excited to see former Australia captain Ricky Ponting out in Melbourne – not that Rosengren was too impressed.

The former schoolboy cricketer said: “I obviously watch the cricket. I was in a restaurant the other day and Ricky Ponting walked in. I was like, ‘Oh, there is Ricky Ponting’. Fidde (Rosengren) had no idea who he was. Because I follow sports, I idolise him.”

Andy Murray never made it and Jamie Murray slumped to early exits in both the men’s the mixed doubles, but Scotland is still being represented in the Australian Open thanks to junior Aidan McHugh. The 17-year-old, one of the first young athletes signed up by Murray’s management agency, was the only British junior to win a match and progressed to the third round of the boys’ singles on Tuesday with a 6-2 3-6 7-6 (7/5) victory over 6ft 9in Frenchman Jaimee Floyd Angele.

Defending champion Roger Federer will look to move through to his 14th Australian Open semi-final in 15 years when he takes on Tomas Berdych in the night session.

The other men’s quarter-final is the unlikely clash of Tennys Sandgren and Chung Hyeon while, in the women’s quarters, world number one Simona Haelp faces Karolina Pliskova and title favourite Angelique Kerber takes on Madison Keys.

Dominic Inglot will look to follow British Davis Cup team-mate Edmund into the semi-finals when he and doubles partner Marcus Daniell take on Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic while McHugh plays Ondrej Styler.