Thirteenth seed Venus, 36, beat fellow American Coco Vandeweghe 6-7 (3-7) 6-2 6-3 to reach her first major final since 2009
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The 35-year-old reached the last four in Melbourne for a 13th time with a 6-1 7-5 6-2 win over Zverev, who upset world number one Andy Murray on Sunday
Williams, the 13th seed, saw off 24th seed Pavlyuchenkova 6-4 7-6 (7-3) in the first fixture of the quarter-finals
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that former champion Nadal had not reached the last eight in a major since the 2015 French Open
Williams, the oldest player in the women’s singles, will now face Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who beat fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3 6-3
Murray has reached the final five times on the blue hardcourts at Melbourne Park and lost every one, four to the man who preceded him as world number one, Novak Djokovic
The 35-year-old beat fifth seed Nishikori 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-1 4-6 6-3 to keep alive his hopes of an 18th Grand Slam and fifth Australian Open title
The Scotsman, tipped as heavy favourite to triumph in the tournament Down Under following defending champion Novak Djokovic’s own surprise exit earlier in the week, was undone in four sets by the world number 50
The eight-time grand slam champion, Agassi disclosed this on Saturday
Having passed her earlier tests against more accomplished players, second seed Williams had far too many weapons for the 92nd-ranked Gibbs, who appeared overawed by the occasion at a sun-drenched Rod Laver Arena
It gave Britain two men in the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time since 2002
The 35-year-old Williams, who is attempting to win an Open era record 23rd Grand Slam singles title, beat world number 61 Lucie Safarova 6-3 6-4
The six-time winner struggled for rhythm and lost 7-6 (10-8) 5-7 2-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 in four hours and 48 minutes
The defending champions and second seeds lost 6-3 7-6 (7-5) in one hour and 12 minutes on Thursday
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 29-year-old Murray will face American world number 32 Sam Querrey in the third round
At 36, Williams is the oldest woman in the singles draw at Melbourne Park and seeded 13th for her Open era record-extending 73rd appearance at a Grand Slam
A clearly frustrated Murray was far from his best but reached the second round of the Australian Open with a 7-5 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 win over the Ukrainian
The Swiss had to battle hard throughout the match against his fellow 35-year-old and only pulled clear of his dogged opponent when the Austrian tired in the final set
Top seed Murray conceded a 5-2 lead in a first set in which he landed less than half of his first serves, and was down 4-2 after being broken early in the second at Rod Laver Arena
The Briton is preparing for the January 16 to 29 tournament by competing in the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi