Serena Williams cruises into women’s final

Dominant Serena Williams has needed just 64 minutes to end the challenge of fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska and advance to the Australian Open women’s final.

The 6-0 6-4 win on Thursday sent the world No.1 into her seventh Australian Open decider, with the previous six having all ended in victories, including last year against Maria Sharapova.

But this is the first time she has ever won her first six matches at Melbourne Park without dropping a single set.

Williams will play either No.7 seed Angelique Kerber from Germany or unseeded Australian-born Brit Johanna Konta in the title decider on Saturday night.

Williams had dropped only 22 games in her previous five matches, the most competitive of which was the opening-round 6-4 7-5 victory over Italian Camila Giorgi – which was her first completed competitive match since the 2015 US Open.

The first setagainst Radwanska was done and dusted in 20 minutes, with Williams breaking her opponent’s serve three times and holding her own with ease to win it 6-0 in 20 minutes.

The No.4 seed from Poland finally got on the board by holding serve in the opening game of the second set.

The second set was a much more competitive affair before Williams made the decisive break in the ninth game.

She then held to love to close the match out, winning the last eight points on the trot.