Roger Federer to take on Berdych in Australian Open quarters

Defending champion Roger Federer will face world No. 19 Tomas Berdych in the last eight match of the Australian Open here on Wednesday.

Federer, a nineteen-time Grand Slam champion has a 19-6 edge over the Czech player, including all four times they have played at the Melbourne Park.

Earlier in the day, South Korea's Chung Hyeon reached his first grand slam semi-final with a 6-4, 7-6, (7-5), 6-3 win over American Tennys Sandgren.

In women's singles, world number one Simona Halep defeated Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-2 to reach the last four.

Halep will next face Angelique Kerber in the semi-final on Thursday after the German thrashed Madison Keys 6-1, 6-2.

--ANI