Paula Badosa advanced to her first Grand Slam semi-final at the third attempt after beating Coco Gauff at the Australian Open on Tuesday but the Spaniard said that just reaching the final four did not give her license to play with more freedom.

She will meet double defending champion Aryna Sabalenka or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova next. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Badosa reached a Slam semi-final for the first time in her career -- the first Spanish woman to do so since Garbine Muguruza at Melbourne in 2020.

An emotional Paula Badosa reached her maiden Grand Slam semi-final at the Australian Open on Tuesday -- then described how she almost quit tennis last year because of a chronic back injury. Badosa is the first Spanish woman to reach a Grand Slam semi-final since Garbine Muguruza,

Coco Gauff's forehand and serve abandoned her in the worst way and at the worst time at the Australian Open on Tuesday, and the No. 3-seeded American was eliminated in the quarterfinals by No. 11 Paula Badosa of Spain 7-5,

An emotional Paula Badosa revealed how a chronic back injury almost forced her to quit tennis after reaching the Australian Open semi-finals on Tuesday. The 11th seed secured a shock 7-5, 6-4 victory over world No 3 Coco Gauff in their quarter-final match in Melbourne.