When the 36-year-old beat Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4 7-6 on Tuesday, the American became the oldest women’s semifinalist at the Australian Open in the Open Era. Whose record did she beat? Younger sister Serena, who was 34 last year in reaching the last four at Melbourne Park.
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Tennis stars’ wake-up call after Kvitova attack
Tennis: Eugenie Bouchard and Yohanna Konta will meet in the semi finals of the Sydney International. The pair beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Daria Kasatkina respectively.
Bouchard advances to Sydney quarter-finals
Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard continued her resurgent run heading into the Australian Open with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Dominika Cibulkova on Tuesday to reach the quarter-finals at the Sydney International. Bouchard improved her career record to 4-1 against Cibulkova, who was ranked No.