Tennis: Japanese pair Aoyama, Shibahara into Australian Open semis

Japan's Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara advanced to the Australian Open women's doubles semifinals with a straight-sets victory Tuesday over Croatia's Petra Martic and American Shelby Rogers.Aiming for their first Grand Slam title, the second-seeded Japanese pair wrapped up the quarterfinal 6-1, 6-4 at Melbourne Park's Margaret Court Arena.Aoyama and Shibahara took the first set by rolling off five straight games from 1-1. They secured the decisive break to go up 5-4 in the second before Shibahara served out the match.The duo, who represented Japan at last summer's Tokyo Olympics, will face …READ FULL ARTICLE