Australian Open 2014: day 11 – in pictures

Supporters of Eugenie Bouchard – The Genie Army – are in fine voice as they cheer her on Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images

Li Na's experience told as she was in charge early on, with Bouchard only winning three points during the first five games. The young Canadian dug in and clawed back two games before Li wrapped up the set 6-2 Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images

Bouchard's form continued to improve as they heading into the second set, and she won two long games to move into an early lead Photograph: David Crosling/EPA

Back came Li and she regained the lead before eventually taking the set 6-4. The straight sets win puts the no4 seed into her third Australian Open final Photograph: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

The second semi-final saw Dominika Cibulkova taking on no5 seed Agnieszka Radwanska. The no20 seed started strongly and took the first set 6-1 Photograph: Mast Irham/EPA

Radwanska, who had won five of her previous six matches against Cibulkova, seemed unsure of how to cope with the Slovakian's onslaught Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty Images

Cibulkova continued to relentlessly drill groundstrokes to her opponent Photograph: Jason O'Brien/Action Images

Which helped her win the set 6-2 and progress to her first grand slam final. The straight sets win means she is the first Slovakian to feature in a grand slam final Photograph: Jason O'Brien/Action Images

No prize for guessing who these fans are cheering for during the Stanislas Wawrinka versus Tomas Berdych semi-final Photograph: Paul Crock/AFP/Getty Images

Meanwhile Tomas Berdych's model girlfriend Ester Satorova and his support team wear their allegiance on their shirts Photograph: Andrew Brownbill/AP

There's a quiet and even start to the match until Stanislas Wawrinka breaks Berdych and then in the next game takes the first set 6-3 Photograph: David Gray/Reuters

With both players holding serve the second set goes to a tie-break which Berdych dominates and takes the set 7-6 (6-1) Photograph: Mast Irham/EPA

The third set is another tense and even affair but this time it is Wawrinka who triumphs in the tie-break to win the set 7-6 (7-3) and take a 2-1 lead in sets Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP

With Wawrinka one set away from his maiden final he pushed for the advantage at the start of the fourth set. Berdych stood firm to save two break points, though, and thereafter the set adopted a pattern much like the previous two, again ending in a tie-break Photograph: Mast Irham/EPA

Wawrinka made the perfect start, moving into a 3-0 lead, and when Berdych double-faulted again to go 4-1 behind, the writing was on the wall. At 6-3, Wawrinka had two match points on his own serve. He double-faulted on the first but on the second Berdych's return flew long and the No8 seed was able to celebrate the greatest night of his career so far. Wawrinka will face either Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer in his first grand slam final Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters