Kei Nishikori’s strong pre-Australian Open form has continued, the Japanese star demolishing world No.40 Jeremy Chardy to reach the Brisbane International final.

The world No.9 won 6-2 6-2 at Pat Rafter Arena on Saturday to set up a decider against Daniil Medvedev or Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Nishikori, who beat former world No.3 Grigor Dimitrov in the quarter-finals, complemented his strong service game by pouncing on Frenchman Chardy’s weak second serve to win in 66 minutes.