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AFP, MELBOURNE: Roger Federer beat giant-killer Mischa Zverev to become the Australian Open's oldest men's semi-finalist in nearly 40 years on Tuesday, as fellow veteran Venus Williams also rolled back the years.<\/p>\nAFP, MELBOURNE: Roger Federer beat giant-killer Mischa Zverev to become the Australian Open's oldest men's semi-finalist in nearly 40 years on Tuesday, as fellow veteran Venus Williams also rolled back the years.<\/p>\n
The stylish Swiss made light of the challenge posed by German serve-volleyer Zverev, who stunned top seed Andy Murray in the fourth round, to reach a record-extending 41st Grand Slam semi-final.<\/p>\n
Federer won 6-1, 7-5, 6-2 in just 92 minutes to set up a last-four clash with his compatriot Stan Wawrinka, who won a bad-tempered quarter-final with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6 (7\/2), 6-4, 6-3.<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old Federer becomes the tournament's oldest semi-finalist since Arthur Ashe in 1978, and the oldest at any Grand Slam since Jimmy Connors reached the 1991 US Open last four aged 39.<\/p>\n
The draw has opened up invitingly for Federer, a four-time winner in Melbourne, and 2014 champion Wawrinka, as well as fellow thirty-something Rafael Nadal after the exits of Murray and title-holder Novak Djokovic.<\/p>\n
\u201cI'm happy for (Wawrinka) that he got this far, but he doesn't need to go one step further,\u201d Federer joked. \u201cThat's enough.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier Wawrinka and France's Tsonga, who have been at odds in the past, argued heatedly at the first-set changeover before the Swiss charged into his third Melbourne semi-final.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the semis I play Roger. It's going to be tough to have some fans but I hope some people will cheer for me,\u201d said Wawrinka, 31. In the women's draw, Williams' age-defying campaign reached new heights as she beat Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to become the oldest female Grand Slam semi-finalist in 23 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
AFP, MELBOURNE: Roger Federer beat giant-killer Mischa Zverev to become the Australian Open’s oldest men’s semi-finalist in nearly 40 years on Tuesday, as fellow veteran Venus Williams also rolled back the years. The stylish Swiss made light of the challenge posed by German serve-volleyer Zverev, who stunned top seed Andy Murray in the fourth round, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":30032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n