Australian Open: Serena Williams cruises into semi-final with straight sets win over Johanna Konta
Wednesday, January 25, 2017 IST
Serena Williams stormed into the semi-final of women's singles final with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Johanna Konta in their quarter-final encounter at Rod Laver Arena. The six-time Australian Open champion dominated the proceedings right from the start and her opponent, who had been in brilliant form prior to the match with a nine-match unbeaten run, proved to be a no-show.
The match lasted for 75 minutes post which Serena advanced to her 34th Grand Slam semi-final .The American is gunning for a record 23rd Grand Slam title to surpass Steffi Graf and a return of the number one world number ranking. Serena will now play either unseeded Croatian Mirjana Lucic-Baroni or fifth seed Czech Karolina Pliskova, who open the day`s proceedings on centre court.
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