South African wheelchair tennis star Donald Rampahdi into 2023 Aus Open semis

South African wheelchair tennis star Donald Rampahdi overcomes Canada's Robert Shaw in three sets to reach the quads semi-final round at the Australian Open Wheelchair Championships on Tuesday. The world No 5 had to dig deep to beat Shaw 7-6(7), 3-6, 6-1 to advance.

Ramphadi will next compete for a place in the final against Dutch top seed Niels Vink.

With Kgothatso Montjane out of the singles draw, Ramphadi is South Africa's best hope for success at the Australian Open.

Montjane suffered a first round defeat earlier on Tuesday losing in straight sets 6-1, 6-1 to Dutch top seed Diede de Groot in the women’s singles event.