Li Na has her third, and probably best, chance to win the Australian Open after advancing to the final with a 6-2, 6-4 win over 19-year-old Canadian Eugenie Bouchard.
Na will face 20th-seed Dominika Cibulkova in the final after the Slovakian defeated fifth-seed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1, 6-2 in the other semi-final. Fourth-seeded Li, the 2011 French Open champion, is the only major winner and the highest-ranked player still in contention after the fourth-round upsets of Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova and defending champion Victoria Azarenka’s quarter-final loss to Agnieszka Radwanska.
Li made into finals at Melbourne Park in 2011 and 2013, losing to Kim Clijsters and Victoria Azarenka.
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