25 Jan, 2017 @ 14:07
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Rafael Nadal reaches Australian Open semi-final after defeating top seed Milos Raonic

Rafael Nadal
The Spaniard tweeted: “I am sorry to announce I won’t be coming to Brisbane this year"

Rafael Nadal(1)RAFAEL NADAL has reached the semi-final of the Australian Open after defeating the highest remaining seed Milos Raonic.

The Spaniard beat the Canadian in straight sets with a superb 6-4 7-6 6-4.

The 14-time Grand Slam winner, who has been troubled by injuries in recent years, saved six set points in the second set before dominating the third.

He will now face 15th seed Gridor Dimitrov on Friday after he came through against Belgium’s David Goffin.

Nadal is on course to meet long-time rival Roger Federer in Sunday’s final if the Swiss can stave off his compatriot Stan Wawrinka tomorrow.

If ‘Rafa’ wins the championship, he will become the first man in the Open era to win each of the Grand Slams twice.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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