Victoria Azarenka of Belarus rests her racquet on her head during her semifinal match against Kim Clijsters of Belgium at the Australian Open in Melbourne today. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash
Azarenka overpowered the Belgian from the baseline in the first set but her game fell apart early in the second.
However, the 22-year-old Azarenka regathered her composure with a strong deciding set to wrap up the semi-final in two hours, 12 minutes.
"I felt like my hand is about 200kg and my body is about 1000 and everything is shaking," said the Belarussian, emotion etched over her face.
"But that feeling when you finally win is such a relief, it's like 'My God! I cannot believe it's finally over', I just want to cry."
The world No 3, a Wimbledon semifinalist last year, will face Maria Sharapova or Petra Kvitova in the Melbourne final.
