After being edged in the tie-break of the opening set, Djokovic broke Raonic early in the second and twice in the third, without giving up a single break point on his own serve.
He closed out the match with a clinical volley to reach the last four and will play the man that ended his title defence at the quarter-final stage last year at Melbourne Park .
"It was a great performance tonight. I returned very well and tried to get as many of the balls back in play and I felt I had a good chance from the back of the court," said Djokovic after the match.
"Some games I just had to let it go and wait for the opportunities and when they were presented try to use them.
"I served very well and overall it was a great match against one of the up and coming rising stars."
Fans will hope for another classic between Djokovic and Wawrinka, with their five-hour epic encounter at this tournament back in 2013 one of the greatest seen on the Melbourne courts.
culled from skysport
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