Australian Open 2023 results: Tommy Paul beats rising star Ben Shelton to reach semi-finals

Tommy Paul is the 24th American antheral to scope the Australian Open semi-finals successful the Open Era and the archetypal since Andy Roddick successful 2009

American Tommy Paul ended rising prima Ben Shelton's astonishment tally astatine the Australian Open to scope his archetypal Grand Slam semi-final successful Melbourne.

Shelton, inactive taking online assemblage classes, had ne'er near the United States earlier travelling to Australia.

Paul, 25, volition play Serbia's nine-time victor Novak Djokovic oregon Russian 5th effect Andrey Rublev successful the past four.

"This is my archetypal clip connected this court, my archetypal successful the quarter-finals of a Slam. It is besides Ben Shelton's archetypal clip leaving the States truthful I deliberation he's had a beauteous bully tourney arsenic well," said Paul.

"Making it to the 2nd play of a Slam is everyone's imagination erstwhile they commencement playing tennis, truthful I can't judge I'm present close now."

Former satellite fig 1 Djokovic, the wide favourite for the men's rubric arsenic helium chases a record-equalling 22nd Grand Slam, takes connected Rublev astatine 08:30 GMT.

Greek 3rd effect Stefanos Tsitsipas volition conscionable Russian Karen Khachanov in the different semi-final, with some of those matches taking spot connected Friday.

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Paul, the archetypal American men's semi-finalist astatine the Australian Open since 2009, reached the 4th circular of a large for the archetypal clip astatine Wimbledon past twelvemonth and had not antecedently moved beyond circular 3 astatine Melbourne Park.

But helium further extended his champion ever Slam tally against big-serving satellite fig 89 Shelton, who was bidding to go lone the 4th antheral successful the Open Era to scope a semi-final wrong his archetypal 2 Grand Slam appearances.

It has been a breakthrough tourney for left-hander Shelton, ranked extracurricular of the apical 500 a twelvemonth ago, arsenic helium demonstrated his endowment crossed 4 victories contempt arriving successful Melbourne with "no expectations".

Shelton, who deed 24 aces, saw his opportunities constricted arsenic helium fell 2 sets down against the accordant Paul, but helium seized his chances successful the 3rd arsenic helium battled backmost impressively from a interruption down to unit a 4th set.

However, Paul would not beryllium denied again. He restored bid with an contiguous interruption of service and went connected to confidently service retired the biggest triumph of his vocation aft Shelton, who near the tribunal to a lasting ovation, forced him to bash truthful by redeeming a lucifer point.

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