Murray advances, Wawrinka bows out of Australian Open

World number two Andy Murray breezed into his seventh consecutive Australian Open quarterfinals after brushing aside Bernard Tomic in the fourth round of the tournament on Monday.

The 28-year-old Scottish player outclassed his Australian opponent Tomic 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) in the contest that lasted for two and a half hour on Rod Laver Arena.

With the win, Murray will now play against David Ferrer for the semi-final berth, who demolished big-serving John Isner in straight sets.

Meanwhile, fourth-seed Stan Wawrinka crashed out of the Australian Open after 4-6, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4, 3-6 defeat in the fourth round at the hands of Canadian Milos Raonic.