Overnight at the Australian Open -Williams rolls back the years, Vandeweghe power and Stan's verbals

Updated 24/01/2017 at 09:05 GMT

Everything you need to know from the overnight action at Melbourne Park, with Venus Williams putting in a vintage performance and Stan Wawrinka getting involved in some verbals.

Venus Williams of the US celebrates her victory against Ukraine's Kateryna Kozlova

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Venus Williams rolled back the years to make a first Australian Open semi-final in 14 years, overcoming Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4 7-6(3).

Highlights: Venus reaches first Melbourne Park semi in 14 years

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Williams last made the semi-final stage at Melbourne in 2003 on a run to the final that culminated in a three-set defeat to younger sister Serena.

The veteran will face CoCo Vandeweghe for a spot in the final after the American absolutely dominated Garbine Muguruza in a devastating display of power tennis.

Vandeweghe blasts her way past Muguruza

Vandeweghe was in jovial mood after the match, cracking jokes on court and offering up a rather surprising reference to toilet paper.

"I really wasn't feeling all that great out there, I was feeling kind of nervous. I even told my coach, 'Better get some toilet paper out there because, you know.

Quite.

It was a touch less jovial during Stan Wawrinka and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga’s quarter-final with the pair having a slight set-to at the changeover after the first set.

Highlights: Wawrinka sees off Tsonga in tense encounter

Wawrinka won the battle that mattered, though, winning 7-6(2) 6-4 6-3 and now awaits the winner of Mischa Zverev and Roger Federer.

Tuesday's highlights

Stan Wawrinka engaged in a war of words with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga but won the argument that counted to storm into the Australian Open semi-finals with a 7-6(2) 6-4 6-3 win over the Frenchman. REPORT
Venus Williams continued her astonishing late-career revival by felling Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4 7-6(3) on Tuesday to reach her first Australian Open semi-final in 14 years. REPORT
Coco Vandeweghe blasted her way into her first grand slam semi-final with a dominant display of power tennis to destroy French Open champion Garbine Muguruza 6-4 6-0 at the Australian Open on Tuesday. REPORT

Britwatch

Not a sniff of a Brit in action after Andy Murray and Dan Evans were knocked out earlier in the week.

HIGHLIGHTS: Jo Konta eases into the quarters

However, it is the big one tomorrow: Jo Konta takes on Serena Williams for a spot in the last four - enjoy the highlights of her 6-1 6-4 win over Ekaterina Makarova in the fourth round above.