Lorenzo Sonego will play in his first Major quarter-final at 29! Lorenzo is enjoying his career-best Major tournament in Melbourne. The Italian beat Learnen Tien 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 in two hours and 25 minutes at John Cain Arena.

Ben Shelton's Australian Open quarterfinal foe, Lorenzo Sonego, produced the shot of the tournament — diving to his left for a volley with so much spin that the ball bounced on one side of the net, then floated back over to the other — but it was the American who ended up with the victory Wednesday.

Australian Open semifinals are set. Wednesday's matches finalized the opponents, and there is one American left standing in men's singles: 22-year-old Ben Shelton. Shelton, the No. 21 seed, won a grueling quarterfinal against unseeded cinderella Lorenzo Sonego,

Lorenzo Sonego's Australian Open has come to an end at the hands of American Ben Shelton, who trumped him 6-4 7-5 4-6 7-6(4) to book his second appearance in a grand slam semi-final. Shelton, the youngest American male to reach a second singles quarter-final at the AO since Andy Roddick over 20 years ago,

Lorenzo Sonego's hopes of reaching his first Grand Slam semi-final at this year's Australian Open are over after the Italian lost 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 to American Ben Shelton in the last eight on Wednesday.