Melbourne: World number four Li Na swept aside Italian Flavia Pennetta in a one-sided, straight-sets demolition to move into the Australian Open semi-finals on Tuesday.

The Chinese trailblazer was in dominant form as she crushed the 28th seed 6-2, 6-2 to set up a last-four clash with either Serbia's Ana Ivonovic or up-and-coming Canadian teen Eugenie Bouchard.

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