BENGALURU (FIBA Women's Asia Cup 2017) - Only four teams remain standing at the onset of the Women's Asia Cup Semi-Final, but with such dominant play, can Australia and China be stopped?

Here is a quick preview of the two Round of 4 matchups on Day 5.

Australia v Korea

A day after tearing up the New Zealand defense to shreds, Park JiSu will now have to face a more formidable Australia, which boast of a lot more size and depth that the Tall Ferns. Marianna Tolo, Sara Blicavs and Laura Hodges will all take turns trying to put the clamps on the 1.95m 18-year-old JiSu, who has been improving with each passing game. She scored a total of just 10 points in Korea's first two assignments but has since been nearly unstoppable, averaging 17.0 points on 70.0% field goal shooting in their last two contests.

In their first meeting on Day 1, Australia started slow, trailing Korea after the first quarter, but they broke the game open in the second period behind the hot shooting of young gun Alanna Smith. If 20-year-old Smith can wax hot again here and the Opals' frontline cam limit JiSu's effectiveness (she scored just 8 points in that first game), the Aussies will have the inside track to make history as the first non-East-Asia team to barge into the Women's Asia Cup Final ever.

China v Japan

Speaking of history, perhaps no rivalry in Women's Asian basketball holds more history than this one between the Chinese and Japanese, especially in recent years. These teams have combined to win the last four Women's Asia Cup crowns, with Japan handing China memorable losses in 2013 and 2015. Of course, perhaps the most stinging loss for the Chinese was in the Women's Asia Cup Final two years ago, where Japan absolutely blew them out of the water, 85-50.

The name of the game for China, therefore, is payback. They have not been able to upend the Japanese since the Women's Asia Cup Semi-Final in 2011, and they have a prime spot to do that here in Bengaluru, especially with Japanese ace Ramu Tokashiki not around. For China to finally emerge victorious, their dynamic duo of Li Yueru and Huang Sijing have to be at their best. Coach Xu Limin's wards certainly have the edge in size and length, but Japan's speed, ball movement and shooting are at an elite level. This game should go down the wire, but China's' depth should take them through to the Final.

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