Champion
Novak Djokovic foiled a stirring fight-back from Roger Federer to defeat the
Swiss 6-1 6-2 3-6 6-3 at the Australian Open on Thursday.
Djokovic
charged into a fifth successive grand slam final.
Storming
to a two-set lead within an hour, Djokovic appeared destined to complete a
stinging humiliation.
The
net-rushing Federer responded brilliantly in the third as a partisan crowd
roared him on at a flood-lit Rod Laver Arena.
In
a fourth set livened by tension, Djokovic broke Federer in the eighth game and
served out the match to love in two hours and 19 minutes.
The
world number one will bid for a record sixth title at Melbourne Park in the
professional era.
Djokovic
will meet the winner of second seed Andy Murray and 13th seed Milos Raonic who
play in the second semi-final on Friday.
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