MELBOURNE, Australia — Compared with Mirjana Lucic-Baroni’s 18-year gap between Grand Slam semifinal appearances, the two-and-a-half-year droughts of Grigor Dimitrov and Rafael Nadal were a short wait. But for each man, being among the final four at the Australian Open is a welcome return to form.
The 15th-seeded Dimitrov, who had not reached the last four at a Grand Slam event since Wimbledon in 2014, rolled into the semifinals here with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 victory over 11th-seeded David Goffin on Wednesday.