Roger Federer out of Australian Open
Published:Thursday | January 27, 2011 | 1:23 PM
Novak Djokovic claimed his second successive Grand Slam semi-final win over reigning champion Roger Federer to reach the final of the Australian Open.
The Serbian, who beat Federer at the US Open in September, saw off the 16-time Grand Slam champion 7-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the first semi-final in Melbourne last night.
Andy Murray will play David Ferrer in the second semi tomorrow.
And for the first time since Australia in 2008, a Grand Slam final will not feature Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal.
That was the year that Djokovic beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to win his only major title to date.
In the women’s draw, Li Na became the first Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam singles final with a gutsy win over world number one Caroline Wozniacki.
The ninth seed survived match point in the second set before coming through a tense decider to win 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 and set up a final against Kim Clijsters.
US Open champion Clijsters repeated her New York win over Vera Zvonareva, this time easing to a 6-3, 6-3 victory.
She will now overtake the Russian for the world number two ranking.