US Open champion Naomi Osaka beat Czech seventh seed Karolina Pliskova at the Australian Open to reach her second-straight Grand Slam final.
The Japanese fourth seed won 6-2 4-6 6-4 and will face Petra Kvitova, another Czech, on Saturday.
In the other semi-final, eight seed Kvitova beat American Danielle Collins 7-6 (7-2) 6-0.