Lucic-Baroni keeps fairytale alive with tape and timeout

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni's leg hurt so bad she thought she might have to be wheeled out of Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday but the gutsy Croat hung tough to record a 6-4 3-6 6-4 quarter-final victory over fifth seed Karolina Pliskova at Melbourne Park. The 34-year-old, whose only other appearance in the last four of a grand slam was against Steffi Graf at Wimbledon in 1999, will play world number two Serena Williams in the semi-finals after the American beat Britain's Johanna Konta. The German-born rig