Azarenka to face Serena

 Victoria Azarenka defeated Kazakhstan’s Kseniya Pervak 6-1, 6-0 to set up a semifinal with Serena Williams in the Brisbane International on Thursday.

The other semifinal pits Anastasia Pavlyuchenko against Lesia Tsurenko.  
 
Sania-Bethanie in final

Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands reached the doubles final at the Brisbane International on Thursday after their semifinal opponents Daniela Hantuchova and Katarina Srebotnik pulled out out of the contest mid-way.

Sania-Bethanie were leading 5-1 in the first set when the Slovakian-Slovenian duo retired.

Australia win

Australia's Bernard Tomic backed up his victory over World No 1 Novak Djokovic by dismantling Italian journeyman Andreas Seppi 6-3, 7-5 at the Hopman Cup team event in Perth on Thursday.

Tomic accounted for Seppi in 71 minutes before 16-year-old Ashleigh Barty toppled former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone 6-0, 6-3 to give Australia a 2-0 win over the Italians.