MELBOURNE (Reuters) – World number one Ash Barty’s bid to become the first homegrown Australian Open champion since 1978 ended in a 1-6 6-3 6-2 quarter-final defeat to Karolina Muchova on Tuesday.
The Czech 25th seed rallied after a lengthy medical timeout in the second set to secure a place in her first Grand Slam semi-final, where she will meet the winner of the later clash between Americans Jennifer Brady and Jessica Pegula.
(Corrects to Muchova’s first, not second, Grand Slam semi-final in paragraph 2)
(Reporting by Nick Mulvenney, Editing by Himani Sarkar)
