British player Kyle Edmund has produced one of the upsets of the Australian Open, beating number three seed Grigor Dimitrov in four sets on Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday afternoon.
The world number 49's best result at a major tournament before this year had been a fourth-round exit at the 2016 US Open, but he proved too strong for Dimitrov, winning 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
The South African-born Edmund had started out his Open campaign with a bang, knocking out number 11 seed Kevin Anderson of South Africa in a five-setter.
The Briton had been taken to five sets in round three before prevailing against Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili, then came from a set down to beat Italy's Andreas Seppi for a place in the last eight.
But he was up against a top opponent in Dimitrov, who beat Australia's Nick Kyrgios in a thrilling fourth-round match on Rod Laver Arena.
Edmund broke in the opening game, but gave it back up in the sixth game for 3-3. The 23-year-old grabbed the advantage again in the ninth game with a break, and served out to take the set 6-4.
A fired-up Dimitrov took the first three games of the second set, before consolidating — he faced only one break point for the rest of the set on the way to a 6-3 win, levelling the match at one set all.
Edmund was holding his own against the 26-year-old world number three, and he showed strength on serve to get to 4-3 in the third, before putting fierce pressure on Dimitrov in the eighth game.
He got to 15-40, and although the Bulgarian saved one break point, he could not salvage the second. Edmund led 5-3, and in the next service game he converted his first set point to take a 2-1 lead over Dimitrov after two hours and seven minutes.
Games went on serve in the fourth set until the Briton got the vital break for 3-2. However Dimitrov showed steel to break straight back in the following game, and he consolidated for a 4-3 lead.
The pivotal moment came in the ninth game, where Edmund had two break points. Again, he failed to convert the first, but he was successful with the second, with the crowd letting out a huge roar as he broke to lead 5-4.
Minutes later, he held serve to seal a spot in the semi-final, where he will face the winner of tonight's match between Rafael Nadal and Marin Cilic.
