Nadal reaches his first Grand Slam semifinal in three years
Spain's former world number one Rafael Nadal advanced to the Australian Open 2017 semifinals, his first Grand Slam semifinal since 2014, after defeating world number three Canada's Milos Raonic in straight sets on Wednesday. The ninth-seed will face first-time Australian Open semifinalist Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov on Friday. Notably, this was Nadal's 50th win at the Australian Open.