Defending champion Kim Clijsters, playing in her last Australian Open, takes on Belarus's Victoria Azarenka before Maria Sharapova and Petra Kvitova meet in the other women's semi-final ... Victoria Azarenka is through to the final of the Australian Open after overcoming Kim Clijsters 6-4 1-6 6-3 in a keenly-contested battle ... Andy Murray insists last year's straight-sets Australian Open final defeat to Novak Djokovic will not be on his mind when they meet in the semi-finals on Friday ... MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Victoria Azarenka reached her first grand slam final with a 6-4 1-6 6-3 victory over defending champion Kim Clijsters at the Australian Open on Thursday ... MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Grunt work saw Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova reach the Melbourne Park final on Thursday, as Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal prepare for a mouthwatering semi-final that could leave fans shouting from the rooftops on Australia Day ... MELBOURNE, Australia — One round earlier than they usually meet in a Grand Slam, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer still treated it like a final.
Nadal outlasted Federer 6-7 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in an Australian Open semifinal on Thursday night between longtime rivals who had met in eight ... | 
