Federer at dominant best as Ivanovic, Djokovic roll on at Aussie Open

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MELBOURNE (AFP) — Roger Federer was at his dominant best Wednesday to book a place in the Australian Open semi-finals as Ana Ivanovic brought Venus Williams' tournament to a juddering halt.

The Swiss ace kept his cool in two close-fought sets against 12th seeded American James Blake before running away a 7-5, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 winner and will face Serbian third seed Novak Djokovic for a place in the final.

Djokovic demolished fifth seed David Ferrer to clinch his fourth consecutive Grand Slam semi-final slot, and like Federer was dynamic in wiping out the Spaniard 6-0, 6-3, 7-5.

Standing between Ivanovic and a final appearance is Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova, who blew Polish teenager Agnieszka Radwanska off court 6-2, 6-2, as she continues her comeback after a...