MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Li Na advanced to the Australian Open semifinals for the third time in four years, ending Agnieszka Radwanska's 13-match winning streak.
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Li Na during a 7-5, 6-3 win over Agnieszka Radwanska. Li reached the semifinals.
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Li, the No. 6 seed who lost the 2011 Australian Open final to Kim Clijsters only months before her Grand Slam breakthrough at the French Open, had a 7-5, 6-3 victory over the fourth-seeded Radwanska in Tuesday's first match at Rod Laver Arena.
"She's a tough player," Li said. "I was feeling today against a wall. She can hit everywhere, but without a mistake. I was feeling just very tough. You have to focus on every shot. Not every point, every shot."
Radwanska came into the Australian Open with titles this season at Auckland and at Sydney, where she beat Li in the semifinals, but continued her poor conversation rate in Grand Slam quarterfinals. She has advanced from the quarterfinals once in seven tries — at Wimbledon last year, where she later lost in the final to Serena Williams.
Li will play the winner of an all-Russian quarterfinal between No. 2-ranked Maria Sharapova, who conceded only five games in her first four matches at Melbourne Park, and Ekaterina Makarova.
"At least now I'm in the semis," Li said. "Now I can start now to enjoy my day."
On the men's side, No. 2 Roger Federer and Andy Murray, the United States Open champion, stayed on course for a semifinal in their half of the draw.
Federer won, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-2, over the big-serving Milos Raonic of Canada, advancing to the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam for the 35th consecutive time, while Murray took advantage of Gilles Simon's fatigue for a 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 victory.
Federer will face the 2008 Australian finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Murray will play Jeremy Chardy, an unseeded Frenchman.
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