Milos Raonic stuns Stan Wawrinka at Australian Open

Melbourne: Andy Murray put a traumatic few days over the health of his father-in-law behind him on Monday as he beat Bernard Tomic to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals.

The British world number two ended the remaining home interest in the Grand Slam with a 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) win over 16th-seeded Tomic to set up a last-eight match with Spanish baseliner David Ferrer.

Meanwhile, Canadian star Milos Raonic impressively ousted the 2014 champion Stan Wawrinka in a tense five-setter 6-4, 6-3, 5 -7, 4-6, 6-3, and will face Frenchman Gael Monfils in the last eight.

Spanish eighth seed Ferrer beat America’s John Isner in 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 while Monfils got the better of Russia’s Andrey Kuznetsov 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/4).

Azarenka, Konta in quarterfinals

Two-time champion Victoria Azarenka remained in ominous form as Chinese qualifier Zhang Shuai’s amazing Grand Slam run stayed alive. Azarenka proved too strong for Czech Barbora Strycova 6-2, 6-4 to set up a last-eight clash with Angelique Kerber, who beat fellow German Annika Beck 6-4, 6-0.

Zhang booked her place by battling past injured 15th seed Madison Keys 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. Meanwhile, Johanna Konta prevailed 4-6, 6-4, 8-6 against Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova.

Santina in cruise mode in Melbourne

Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis brushed aside Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova and Italy’s Roberta Vinci 6-1, 6-3 in women’s doubles while Rohan Bopanna and Yung-Jan Chan of Chinese Taipei also continued their winning run, edging out Czech Andrea Hlavackova and Lukasz Kubot of Poland 4-6 6-3 (10-6) in mixed doubles.