MELBOURNE, Australia – A look at the Australian Open on Wednesday:

Weather: Sunny, high of 77 Fahrenheit.

Attendance: Day: 17,993; Night: 16,259; Total: 34,252.

Men’s Singles Quarterfinal Winners: No. 1 Novak Djokovic, No. 4 Stan Wawrinka,

Men’s Singles Quarterfinal Losers: No. 5 Kei Nishikori, No. 8 Milos Raonic.

Women’s Singles Quarterfinal Winners: No. 1 Serena Williams, Madison Keys.

Women’s Singles Quarterfinal Losers: No. 11 Dominika Cibulkova, No. 18 Venus Williams.

Stat of the Day: 25: number of Grand Slam semifinal appearances by Novak Djokovic.

Quote of the Day: “Phew, I’m still nervous:” Wawrinka after blowing a 6-1 lead in his third-set tiebreaker with Nishikori and eventually winning it 8-6 on his sixth match point.

Singles matches Thursday: Women’s Semifinals: No. 2 Maria Sharapova vs. No. 10 Ekaterina Makarova; No. 1 Serena Williams vs. Madison Keys ; Men’s singles semifinal: No. 6 Andy Murray vs. No. 7 Tomas Berdych.

Forecast for Thursday: mostly sunny, high of 73F.

Associated Press