17 Aussie Open moments: #5 Epic semifinals

At a quirky, off-the-chain opening major to this season, records were broken, and records were extended. By the time the singles finals rolled around, the event had taken on a certain vintage, namely 2008 feel—Serena vs. Venus and Rafa vs. Roger.

Here are the highlights and lowlights among all that was seen and heard on the ground in Melbourne these past two weeks:

See No. 6 here.

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The men's singles semifinals delivered some memorable moments. Grigor Dimitrov, removed from the pains of his love-worn heart, fashioned a backward overhead against Rafa that no one saw coming.

Separately, Stan Wawrinka all but folded up his racquet at one point against Federer. (Hey, Yonex, what kind of money does one have to pony up for such highly visible breakage?)

Whether he was 1) still miffed that someone took him for Roger Federer a round earlier, 2) still smarting from that later-underplayed argument with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or 3) neither, we'll never know.

Check out No. 4.