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HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Australian Open day 10

ByReuters

Published 24/01/2018 at 04:51 GMT

MELBOURNE, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Highlights of Wednesday's 10th day of the Australian Open, the first grand slam tournament of the year (times in GMT):

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0435 CHUNG MASTERS TENNYS TO REACH SEMI-FINALS
Chung Hyeon became the first South Korean to reach the semi-finals of a grand slam when he beat American Tennys Sandgren 6-4 7-6(5) 6-3 in two hours and 28 minutes on Rod Laver Arena.
The bespectacled 21-year-old sealed victory when Sandgren went long after an extraordinary final game and will face reigning champion Roger Federer or Tomas Berdych in the last four.
0330 MADISON KEYS ON HER QUARTER-FINAL LOSS
"Sometimes you just don't play very well out there."
0215 FALSE ALARM ON ROD LAVER ARENA
The quarter-final between Tennys Sandgren and Chung Hyeon was disrupted early in the first set by an alarm broadcasting "Evacuate! Evacuate! Evacuate!" over the public address system.
The players returned to their chairs while umpire James Keothavong investigated and the match resumed after he had confirmed it was a false alarm.
0105 KERBER CRUSHES KEYS TO REACH SEMI-FINALS
Revitalised 2016 champion Angelique Kerber made a major statement of intent as she stormed into the semi-finals with a dominant 6-1 6-2 victory over Madison Keys.
"I'm really enjoying my tennis right now. I enjoy being on court, right now," the German said.
"I'm just happy to get through and be here in the semis."
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0015 PLAY UNDERWAY WITH KERBER AND KEYS CLASH
Play got underway on schedule at 11 a.m. local time (0000 GMT) at Melbourne Park with Angelique Kerber and Madison Keys on Rod Laver Arena in the women's quarter-finals.
The temperature was 21 degrees Celsius (69 degrees Fahrenheit) and forecast to reach a high of 24. Read our preview of the day's action here: (Compiled by Nick Mulvenney; Editing by Greg Stutchbury/John O'Brien)
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