Top seed Ashleigh Barty cruises into Wimbledon semi-finals

Ashleigh Barty is through to the semi-finals at SW19 (John Walton/PA)

World number one Ashleigh Barty powered her way into the Wimbledon semi-finals with a straight-sets demolition of fellow Australian Ajla Tomljanovic.

Barty, the former French Open champion, is into the last four at SW19 for the first time after a brutal 6-1 6-3 victory on Centre Court.