The Latest: Reid Beats Kunieda in Wheelchair Quarterfinals

The Latest from the Australian Open on Wednesday (all instances regional):

three:55 p.m.

Gordon Reid had the largest win of his occupation when he beat eight-time Australian Open andformer world champion Shingo Kunieda in the quarterfinals of men's wheelchair tennis atMelbourne Park.Reid, who played in advance of fellow Scotsman Andy Murray went on court for hisquarterfinal in the main draw, beat Kunieda 6-three, 7-6 (one) to advance to a semifinal towardsGustavo Fernandez of Argentina.

The 24-yr-old Reid, who is ranked No. four in the globe, says "I'm totally thrilled to get via he is alegend of our game."

The only rule difference involving wheelchair tennis and standard tennis is that the ball may wellbounce twice in the wheel model, which includes a 2nd time outdoors the court.

2:45 p.m.

Johanna Konta beat Chinese qualifier Zhang Shuai six-four, six-1 to attain the semifinals at theAustralian Open, getting to be the initial British girl to advance the last four of a Grand Slamoccasion given that 1983.

The Sydney-born Konta, who is generating her debut in the principal draw of the Australian Openand is ranked No. 47, beat 7-time key winner Venus Williams in the very first round and reached the

quarterfinals with 3-hour florida win in excess of No. 21 Ekaterina Makarova, a semifinalist atMelbourne Park final yr.

Konta, who has lived in Britain due to the fact she was a child and became a citizen in 2012, is thevery first British female because Jo Durie at the 1983 U.S. Open to reach a big semifinal.

She will play No. seven Angelique Kerber in the semifinals. Zhang entered the tournament with a -14occupation record in Grand Slam primary draw singles matches, but was on a seven-match winninghttp://emergency.brevard.k12.fl.us/ streak in Melbourne, which include qualifying.

one:ten p.m.

Angelique Kerber needed all the belief she could muster to come back from 5-two down in a setagainst a player she hadn't beaten in six profession meetings.

But she managed that towards Victoria Azarenka on Wednesday by telling herself "just think thatyou can beat her ... just neglect the score, just play and go for it and test to perform the very bestyou can perform."

The German player had won the first set 6-three and rallied to win the last 5 video games of the 2ndset to shut out the match.

one:00 p.m.

Angelique Kerber won five consecutive games in the second set and saved five set points to beattwo-time champion Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 7-5 in the Australian Open quarterfinals on Wednesday.

Kerber broke Azarenka's serve to finish the match, hitting a cross-court backhand at the net to beatthe Belarussian for the initial time in seven occupation matches.

The No.seven-seeded German will play the winner of the later quarterfinal between Britain'sJohanna Konta and Chinese qualifier Zhang Shuai.

The other semifinalists 6-time champion Serena Williams and Agnieszka Radwanska wereestablished on Tuesday.

The two semifinals will be played Thursday, with the ultimate on Saturday.

The Konta item in this report has been corrected to demonstrate she is the first British girl because1983 to attain the semifinals at a Grand Slam tournament.