Like a Lion, Rafael Nadal battled for more than two hours to reach his 33rd Grand Slam semifinal, keeping Schwartzman from reaching his first by winning 6-4, 7-5, 6-2.
Rafael Nadal will try to make sure the U.S. Open has one member of the Big Three in the semifinals. Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic out of the tournament.
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were indeed set up for a potential semifinal meeting. Venus Williams facing 15-year-old American Coco Gauff, the youngest player to qualify.
Djokovic overwhelmed Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 to win a record seventh Australian Open championship and a third consecutive Grand Slam title, raising his count to 15 overall.
Only one man might have a chance of preventing Djokovic from claiming a record seventh Australian Open title: Rafael Nadal. That is who he'll face in the finals.
Rafael Nadal claimed 20 of his first 23 service points and ending American Frances Tiafoe's best Grand Slam run with a dominating 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 victory.
For the 52 time, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will be on Wimbledon centre court for their semifinal match-up and Kevin Anderson and John Isner in the match 2.
Wow! Imagine only one point away from the win and 4 plus hours later. Roger Federer blew a third-set match point and all of his big lead to No. 8 Kevin Anderson.