Australian Open 2017 Semi Final Live: Serena Williams thrashes Mirjana Lucic-Baroni to reach final

• 6:13pm

• 6:07pm

Serena sums it up succinctly: "A Williams is going to win this tournament."

• 6:02pm

That's a great sight

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni takes a moment to get a selfie with the crowd in the background! What a story for her! What a wonderful achievement to get this far.

• 6:00pm

GAME, SET, MATCH

What an obliteration. Serena's into the final ....55 minutes

• 6:00pm

MATCH POINT

Just like that ....

• 5:58pm

Phew! End within sight

5-1 to Serena Williams, second set. C'mon Mirjana, hold one more serve!

• 5:54pm

An 'insurance hold' for Serena

Serena Williams now leads 4-1, second set. Eighteen minutes in .... this is whirlwind tennis.

• 5:52pm

It's 3-1 to Serena

There's still a chance Serena Williams will close it out before the 6'o'clock news ...

• 5:46pm

Another break

Serena Williams leads 2-1 in the second set. Already up one set to love.

• 5:43pm

1-1 in the second set

A very strong service game from Serena Williams. Concedes just one point. There's a certain inevitability about this semi.

• 5:40pm

Second set: Lucic-Baroni leads 1-0

First game to the Croatian this set. Nice to see.

• 5:39pm

How good was this?

• 5:36pm

• 5:35pm

GAME AND FIRST SET

Serena Williams converts the first of her two set points. 6-2 after 25 minutes

• 5:34pm

Serena to serve for the set

It's a warm Australian Day in Melbourne. A dream result for tournament promoters, Williams v Williams on Saturday night, is within sight.

• 5:32pm

Lucic-Baroni holds ....

Gee, that was handy. We don't want to see a whitewash on centre court. Serena leads 5-2

• 5:31pm

• 5:30pm

Serena leads 5-1

Only 20 minutes on court .... Williams is only one more break of serve away from a demolition job in the first set.

• 5:29pm

• 5:28pm

Williams races to 4-1 lead

Mmmmm, this might be a lot shorter than the first semi-final .... Serena is looking ominous.