Melbourne, Jan 27:

Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal crashed out of the Australian Open with a straight sets loss to Czech Tomas Berdych here Tuesday.

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Berdych snapped a 17-match losing streak against Nadal, defeating the Spaniard 6-2, 6-0, 7-6(5) to reach the Australian Open semi-finals. (IANS)