An "emotional" Paula Badosa of Spain stunned the world number three American Coco Gauff 7-5, 6-4 on Rod Laver Arena and will face defending champion Aryna Sabalenka or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the last four.

Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff can set up a blockbuster women's semi-final with last-eight victories. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The number of Americans in the field has dwindled, but Coco Gauff continues to get the job done on the court. The No. 3 seed dropped her first set against Belinda Bencic, but roared back to conquer the second and third sets, winning 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 in two hours and 26 minutes.