Australian Open: Day 9

Australian Open: Day 9 /

Rod Laver Arena will host every singles match from here on out at Melbourne Park.

Andy Murray and coach Ivan Lendl prepare for a quarterfinal with Jeremy Chardy.

No. 6 Li Na beat No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska 7-5, 6-3 to reach the semifinals.

Radwanska was trying to make her first Australian Open semifinal after three previous quarterfinal trips.

Redfoo of LMFAO has been a fixture at Melbourne Park all tournament.

Australian Open champions Amelie Mauresmo (left) and Lindsay Davenport play legends doubles.

Darren Cahill (left) and Mats Wilander play men's legends doubles.

Li celebrates her win by barbequing prawns in the players' cafe.

Serena Williams (top) and Victoria Azarenka practice ahead of their Wednesday quarterfinals. They could meet in the semis.

Azarenka watches herself play the piano on a laptop.

No. 4 David Ferrer outlasted No. 10 Nicolas Almagro 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4), 6-2 to reach the semifinals.

Almagro had an, um, unfortunate cramp as he choked away a two-set lead.

No. 12 Venus and Serena Williams were upset by No. 1 Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci 3-6, 7-6 (1), 7-5 in the doubles quarterfinals.

No. 2 Maria Sharapova beat Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-2 to set up a semifinal with Li.

Makarova matched her deepest run at a major. She also reached the 2012 Australian Open quarterfinals.

Jeremy Chardy plays with a dog on Port Melbourne Beach a day before his quarterfinal with Andy Murray.

No. 1 Novak Djokovic beat No. 5 Tomas Berdych 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. He'll play Ferrer next.

Berdych bowed out in the quarterfinals for the third straight year.

Published Jan 21, 2013