LONDON (AFP) - Sabine Lisicki swept into the Wimbledon semi-finals on Tuesday as the German followed her sensational upset of world No. 1 Serena Williams with an emphatic 6-3, 6-3 victory over Estonia's Kaia Kanepi.

Lisicki, seeded 23rd, will play Polish fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska or Chinese sixth seed Li Na for a place in her first Grand Slam final.