World No.3 Andy Murray is through to the semi-finals of the Australian Open after a straight sets win over Jeremy Chardy.
Murray stormed to victory in one hour 51 minutes at the Rod Laver Arena with a 6-4 6-1 6-2 win against Chardy.
The Briton will now play Roger Federer in the semi-final of the Australian Open on Friday after the number two seed defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
"I think you have to trust yourself that when you are tested, you're going to play better tennis," said Murray.
"You never know for sure, but in the build-up to the tournament I played very well. I haven't lost a set here yet, so maybe I'm expecting to play too well or whatever. But I've done a good job so far in this tournament. I can't be disappointed with where my game's at."
It was the US Open champion who came out firing, breaking straight away when Chardy dumped a volley into the net and quickly running through the first four games.
After such a poor start, and with the set seemingly gone, Chardy began to swing freely and put some pressure on the Briton.
A break to love helped him cut the deficit to 4-3, and Murray was in some trouble serving at 30-30 but came through with a service winner and a second-serve ace down the middle.
The Scot converted his third set point after 44 minutes and made his move early once again in the second, which ran a similar course to the opener.
A backhand lob and a deep return helped him break in game three and a 4-1 lead looked to be enough.
Chardy again threatened a comeback but, facing two break points in game six, Murray hit a fizzing cross-court winner before some elastic defence helped him save the second.
The Briton was in the mood now, showing the form of a Grand Slam contender for the first time in the tournament.
Murray stretched his run of unanswered games to eight and, despite prolonging matters by dropping serve with victory in sight, his afternoon's work leaves him as fresh as he could wish for Friday's semi-final.
He later revealed that he would be heading out on to the Hisense Arena, the second show court, to practise under lights.
Murray has yet to play a night match on Rod Laver Arena this year, but said: "The scheduling for me is part and parcel of playing in really any tennis tournament. It's tough to make the schedule perfect for every single player.
"But I'll go out and hit balls on the Hisense tonight under the lights. I'll do the same again tomorrow, and that's it. If I was the tournament director or the referee or whoever decides the schedule, I also would have put Federer against Tsonga on as the night match tonight because it's the best match of the day.
"So I have no complaints about the schedule at all, and I didn't complain about it the other day."
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