Australian Open 2017: Stan Wawrinka beats Wilfried Tsonga to reach semi-finals

Melbourne: U.S. Open champion Stan Wawrinka is through to the Australian Open semifinals after beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-3 at Rod Laver Arena. Wawrinka will play the winner of the night quarterfinal between Roger Federer and Mischa Zverev. It was Wawrinka's fourth win in a row over Tsonga and the first meeting between the pair at a Grand Slam other than the French Open, where they had met three times, with Wawrinka holding a 2-1 edge. It was also the pair's first meeting on a hardcourt in nearly 10 years — at Metz, France in 2007, when Tsonga won.