Carlos Alcaraz in some way reached his first Australian Open remaining after overcoming Alexander Zverev in a five-set epic.
The 22-year-old was combating an harm from the third set and Zverez served for the match within the fifth earlier than Alcaraz broke again to win 6-4 7-6 6-7 6-7 7-5.
It was the longest ever Australian Open semi-final at 5 hours and 27 minutes.
Alcaraz, who wants the Aussie title to finish the Grand Slam, will face Jannik Sinner or Novak Djokovic who meet within the second semi afterward Friday.
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