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Australian Open 2019: Naomi Osaka beats Elina Svitolina to reach semi-finals

Naomi Osaka dominated Elina Svitolina to win in straight sets and reach the Australian Open semi-finals.

The Japanese US Open champion had too much firepower for Svitolina, triumphing 6-4 6-1 in Melbourne.

Osaka, 21, hit 31 winners and took advantage of the second serve of the Ukrainian, who received treatment on her shoulder in the second set.

The fourth seed will face either Serena Williams or Karolina Pliskova in the last four on Thursday.

Svitolina, the sixth seed, is still to go beyond the quarter-finals at a Grand Slam.

"I tried to be consistent or as consistent as I can be.