<p>Agnieszka Radwanska needed eight match points to finish off Li Na on Thursday but confirmed her fine pre-Australian Open form by maintaining her perfect start to the year and reaching the final of the Sydney International. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The Polish top seed was well worth the 6-3, 6-4 win over her Chinese opponent and will face Dominika Cibulkova in Friday's final after the Slovakian stun-ned German second seed Angelique Kerber 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. <br /><br />David Ferrer swept aside Lukas Lacko 6-2, 6-1 to remain on course for a fourth title at the Auckland Open. <br /><br />The Spaniard set up a semifinal against France's Gael Monfils, who later beat Tommy Haas 3-6, 7-5, 6-3. Tomas Berdych had a less enjoyable day down at Kooyong where he was humbled 6-3, 6-2 by Australia's resurgent former world number one Lleyton Hewitt. The Pole broke on Li's first service game and rarely looked back before stuttering to close out the match.<br /><br />Like Hewitt, Australian young gun Bernard Tomic proved he was a player to be avoided in Friday's draw for the Australian Open with a quarterfinal victory. <br /><br />The 20-year-old came from a set down to beat defending champion Jarkko Nieminen 6-7, 6-4, 6-2. Tomic will play Andreas Seppi in the semifinals after the Italian third seed beat Marcel Granollers 6-4, 7-5. <br /><br />Frenchman Julien Benneteau earlier cruised past American qualifier Ryan Harrison 6-4, 6-2 and will play Kevin Anderson for a place in the final after the South African had an equally emphatic 6-4, 6-3 win over Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan. <br /><br />Sam Querrey overcame Canada's Jesse Levine 6-4, 7-6 in Auckland and will face Philipp Kohlschreiber in the semifinals after the German beat Xavier Malisse 7-6, 6-4.</p>
<p>Agnieszka Radwanska needed eight match points to finish off Li Na on Thursday but confirmed her fine pre-Australian Open form by maintaining her perfect start to the year and reaching the final of the Sydney International. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The Polish top seed was well worth the 6-3, 6-4 win over her Chinese opponent and will face Dominika Cibulkova in Friday's final after the Slovakian stun-ned German second seed Angelique Kerber 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. <br /><br />David Ferrer swept aside Lukas Lacko 6-2, 6-1 to remain on course for a fourth title at the Auckland Open. <br /><br />The Spaniard set up a semifinal against France's Gael Monfils, who later beat Tommy Haas 3-6, 7-5, 6-3. Tomas Berdych had a less enjoyable day down at Kooyong where he was humbled 6-3, 6-2 by Australia's resurgent former world number one Lleyton Hewitt. The Pole broke on Li's first service game and rarely looked back before stuttering to close out the match.<br /><br />Like Hewitt, Australian young gun Bernard Tomic proved he was a player to be avoided in Friday's draw for the Australian Open with a quarterfinal victory. <br /><br />The 20-year-old came from a set down to beat defending champion Jarkko Nieminen 6-7, 6-4, 6-2. Tomic will play Andreas Seppi in the semifinals after the Italian third seed beat Marcel Granollers 6-4, 7-5. <br /><br />Frenchman Julien Benneteau earlier cruised past American qualifier Ryan Harrison 6-4, 6-2 and will play Kevin Anderson for a place in the final after the South African had an equally emphatic 6-4, 6-3 win over Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan. <br /><br />Sam Querrey overcame Canada's Jesse Levine 6-4, 7-6 in Auckland and will face Philipp Kohlschreiber in the semifinals after the German beat Xavier Malisse 7-6, 6-4.</p>