HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Day 10 at the Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Highlights from day 10 of the Australian Open tennis championships on Wednesday (all times GMT): 1115 RUTHLESS NADAL BEATS RAONIC TO SET UP DIMITROV CLASH Rafa Nadal, a 14-times grand slam winner, beats Canadian third seed Milos Raonic 6-4 7-6(7) 6-4 to reach his first grand slam semi-final in three years. The Spanish ninth seed faces Bulgaria's 15th-seeded Grigor Dimitrov for a place in the final. READ MORE Nadal rolls over Raonic to reach semi-finals This time it's different, says Dimitrov Britain's bright hope Konta bows out to Serena Serena anoints Konta as future Melbourne champ Dimitrov dismantles Goffin to make semi-finals Lucic-Baroni overwhelmed by 'unforgettable' run Expect little neutrality in Swiss civil war Serena sets up Lucic-Baroni reunion How do you coach a player like Nick Kyrgios? Lucic-Baroni keeps fairytale alive Order of play on Thursday 0818 HLAVACKOVA AND PENG UPSET TOP SEEDS TO REACH FINAL Women's doubles 12th seeds Andrea Hlavackova and Shuai Peng have beaten French top seeds Kristina Mladenovic and Caroline Garcia 7-6(4) 6-2 in their semi-final. 0630 MATTEK-SANDS AND SAFAROVA INTO WOMEN'S DOUBLES FINAL Second seeds Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the U.S. and her Czech Republic partner Lucie Safarova battle past Japanese duo Eri Hozumi and Miyu Kato 6-2 4-6 6-4 to reach the women's doubles final. 0620 DIMITROV THROUGH TO SEMIS AFTER BEATING GOFFIN Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov beats 11th seed David Goffin of Belgium 6-3 6-2 6-4 to enter the semi-finals, where he will face either Spaniard Rafael Nadal or third seed Milos Raonic of Canada. 0530 LOCAL LADS UPSET TOP SEEDS IN MEN'S DOUBLES Australians Marc Polmans and Andrew Whittington beat top seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut of France 7-6(2) 2-6 6-4 to advance to the semi-finals of the men's doubles. 0520 KONTA SAYS WILL LEARN FROM SERENA DEFEAT "I think it was probably one of the best experiences of my life. I think there's so many things I can learn from that, so many things I can look to improve on, also acknowledge some things that I did well," Johanna Konta says of Serena Williams loss. 0445 LUCIC-BORONI OPENS UP ABOUT HER LEGACY "I kind of want to be known as an amazing fighter, a person who persevered against everything, against all odds. And that's what I take pride in. So I don't know. Who knows. We will see," says Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, who is undecided about writing a book about her journey after making it to the semi-finals. 0400 SERENA ON MID-THIRTIES MAGICIANS MAKING SEMIS "It's really happening for the mid-thirties. Mirjana -- it's so good to see her back out and inspiring to see her in the semi-finals. Whatever happens there will be someone in the final in their mid-thirties," says Serena Williams, after beating Johanna Konta in the quarter-finals. 0345 RUTHLESS SERENA SEES OFF KONTA IN STRAIGHT SETS Second seed Serena Williams beats Britain's Johanna Konta 6-2 6-3 to set up a semi-final clash with Croatia's Mirjana Lucic-Baroni. 2015 EMOTIONAL LUCIC-BORONI IN TEARS AFTER WIN "This has made my life, everything that happened that was bad, it's made it all ok. I never could dream about being here again. I will never forget this day," says a tearful Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, whose only other grand slam semi-final was at Wimbledon in 1999, after beating Karolina Pliskova. 2010 LUCIC-BORONI INTO SEMIS WITH WIN OVER PLISKOVA Croatia's Mirjana Lucic-Baroni beats fifth seed Karolina Pliskova 6-4 3-6 6-4 to advance to the semi-finals, where she will face second seed Serena Williams. 0010 LUCIC-BARONI LOOKS TO CONTINUE FAIRYTALE Croatia's Mirjana Lucic-Baroni and Czech fifth seed Karolina Pliskova receive a subdued welcome onto Rod Laver Arena with the crowd still trickling into the main court. Day 10 begins in brilliant conditions with the temperature under 19C and only expected to hit 23C later in the day. Both players are making their Australian Open quarter-final debuts and the reward for victory will be a semi-final against either world number two Serena Williams or British ninth seed Johanna Konta, who play immediately afterwards. ORDER OF PLAY ROD LAVER ARENA 5-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) v Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (Croatia) Not before 0200: 9-Johanna Konta (Britain) v 2-Serena Williams (U.S.) 11-David Goffin (Belgium) v 15-Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) Not before 0830: 9-Rafael Nadal (Spain) v 3-Milos Raonic (Canada) (Compiled by Greg Stutchbury and Simon Jennings; Editing by John O'Brien/Peter Rutherford)