Radwanska advances to Australian Open semifinals

Gavrilova looked set to become the first home hope to reach the Australian Open women’s quarter-finals since Jelena Dokic in 2009 only to mentally unravel in a gut-wrenching 0-6 6-3 6-2 loss on Sunday night.

Radwanska, a Melbourne semi-finalist in 2014, goes on to face top seed and defending champion Serena Williams or fifth seed Maria Sharapova.

She says, “Right now I have nothing to lose”. I guess I was starting to overcook it a little bit in the second and got very emotional. That’s it. I just try. The second was more competitive, with the No. 10 Spaniard stepping into the court often, maintaining the pressure on her opponent. I was getting angry with myself, just showing way too much emotion. The downside for Navarro is the fact she’s had no less than 30 unforced errors in three of her four matches, a number that must improve if she’s going to make the deepest run of a grand slam in her career.

“I know will be tough for me”. I was bad. I mean, I played good.

It is also notable that Gavrilova comes into this match with enormous momentum having dispatched 28th seed Kristina Mladenovic in three sets on Thursday, two days after beating sixth seed Petra Kvitova in two sets.

Suarez came into the tournament off a first-round exit at the Sydney International but she has had an easy route to the last eight, avoiding any seeds so far. The fact, then, that the player elected to publically acknowledge her wrongdoing so soon after such a painful defeat is revealing of a high-degree of self-awareness which bodes very well for the future.

For Suarez Navarro, this represents her best chance to reach a Grand Slam semifinal as her previous quarterfinal appearances have come against much stiffer competition. “But, like I said, I’m very disappointed about tonight”, she said of the Suarez match.

Daria Gavrilova reacts to one of her flat games (Photo: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images).

But Gavrilova is no slouch in the singles – her successful juniors career saw her win the US Open and an Olympic medal, during the latter of which she represented her country of birth, Russia. But you really have to play your game because someone is still fighting.

“I got people that help me with everything”.

Tomic, meanwhile, attracted widespread public condemnation for verbally abusing hotel staff during a dispute over a $20 court-rental fee in the build up to the Australian Open and has had a generally poor relationship with his national tennis federation.

At 39th in the world, she is Australia’s second-ranked women’s player, behind Sam Stosur, and her exciting style of play, coupled with her effervescent personality, have quickly established her as a crowd favourite.