Tomic moves into Sydney semi-final

Australian Bernard Tomic stayed on track to defend his Sydney title with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Ukraine´s Alexandr Dolgopolov in just over an hour as he booked a place in the semi-finals of the Sydney International on Thursday.

Tomic will now play another Ukrainian -- Sergiy Stakhovsky, who ended Australian Marinko Matosevic´s run 6-4, 6-3.

In six previous encounters Tomic had only managed one win - a five-set slog in the second round of the 2012 Australian Open - but this time he made light work of the quirky Ukrainian. (AFP)