Three-time winner Andre Agassi took just 88 minutes to reach the Australian Open final with an easy straight-sets victory over South African Wayne Ferreira today.
The American, seeded second, outclassed the unseeded Ferreira 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 to make his fourth Open final in seven trips to Australia.
Agassi will play the winner of tomorrow's other semi-final between compatriot and ninth seed Andy Roddick or German 31st seed Rainer Schuettler in the final.
The seven-time Grand Slam champion was in superb form today, breaking 31-year-old Ferreira's service six times and crunching 32 winners to 21.
Agassi extended his record over Ferreira to 11-0 and again attacked the South African's backhand to set up his comprehensive victory and has now won 20 consecutive matches at the Australian Open.
Agassi has lost only 43 games on his way to the final and has been on court for a total of 10 hours 35 minutes.
The American has spruced up his challenge to become only the fourth man to win four Australian titles by making a bet with his wife, Steffi Graf, to partner her in the mixed doubles at the French Open in June if he wins the final here.
AFP