Australian Open: Wawrinka upsets champion Djokovic

Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka dumped three-time defending champion Novak Djokovic out of the Australian Open with a thrilling five-set victory on Tuesday, January 22. The Swiss eighth seed beat Djokovic 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 9-7 in a four-hour quarter-final on Rod Laver Arena to set up a semi-final with Czech seventh seed Tomas Berdych. It ended a 14-match losing run against Djokovic for Wawrinka, who had gone down in two previous five-setters in majors to the Serb, at last year’s Australian Open and US Open. The stunning defeat halted Djokovic’s 28-match unbeaten run since the US Open final and his 25-match winning streak at the Australian Open stretching back to 2011. Djokovic also became the first defending champion to lose before the semi-finals at the Australian Open since Rafael Nadal retired injured against Andy Murray in the quarter-finals in 2009.


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