Rafael Nadal squandered a two-set lead, falling to Stefanos Tsitsipas in the Australian Open quarterfinals and ending his first bid to break the men’s Grand Slam singles titles record.
Tsitsipas, the fifth seed, rallied to win 3-6, 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4, 7-5 over the second-seeded Nadal. The Greek gets fourth-seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev in a Friday semifinal.
The other semifinal pits record eight-time Australian Open champ Novak Djokovic against 114th-ranked Russian Aslan Karatsev, the first man to make the semifinals in his Grand Slam main draw debut in the Open Era (since 1968).