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\"RafaelMelbourne: Spanish superstar Rafael Nadal set up a dream Australian Open<\/a><\/strong> final with his long-time rival Swiss legend Roger Federer<\/a><\/strong>, defeating Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-7(4) 6-4 in the semi-finals of the Australian Open here on Friday.<\/p>\n

The 14-time Grand Slam champion will play Federer in a Grand Slam final for the ninth time, after the 17-time Grand Slam champion beat 2014 Melbourne Park winner Stan Wawrinka in five sets on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Nadal, the 2009 champion, seeded ninth, leads Federer 23-11 in their head-to-head rivalry, and has won their past three meetings in Melbourne, at the semi-final stage in 2012 and 2014 and in the 2009 final, reports ausopen.com.<\/p>\n

In Grand Slam finals, Nadal holds a 6-2 lead over his rival, winning their past four meetings in major tournament deciders.<\/p>\n

Friday night’s victory over Dimitrov was Nadal’s eighth in nine career meetings with the Bulgarian, who played in a major semi-final for the second time after first reaching the final four at Wimbledon in 2014.<\/p>\n

It was an emotional victory for the 30-year-old Nadal, who is through to his first Grand Slam final since winning the 2014 French Open crown — his 14th major triumph.<\/p>\n

Read more: Sania Mirza and her partner Dodig in Australian Open mixed doubles final<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Spaniard withstood an initial barrage from Dimitrov, who held two break point chances in a lengthy opening game. But after holding serve, Nadal raced to a 4-1 advantage, breaking Dimitrov in the fourth game by picking the Bulgarian off at the net.<\/p>\n

He afforded Dimitrov no opportunity to break back, despite the Bulgarian raising his level as the set progressed, and sealed the opener in 35 minutes with a forehand volley winner.<\/p>\n

The two could not be separated until Dimitrov’s shot landed long after a four hour 56-minute slugfest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"RafaelMelbourne: Spanish superstar Rafael Nadal set up a dream Australian Open<\/a><\/strong> final with his long-time rival Swiss legend Roger Federer<\/a><\/strong>, defeating Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-7(4) 6-4 in the semi-finals of the Australian Open here on Friday.<\/p>\n

The 14-time Grand Slam champion will play Federer in a Grand Slam final for the ninth time, after the 17-time Grand Slam champion beat 2014 Melbourne Park winner Stan Wawrinka in five sets on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Nadal, the 2009 champion, seeded ninth, leads Federer 23-11 in their head-to-head rivalry, and has won their past three meetings in Melbourne, at the semi-final stage in 2012 and 2014 and in the 2009 final, reports ausopen.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[268,17735,466,562,234,12894],"class_list":["post-32692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis-tennis","tag-australian-open","tag-grigor-dimitrov","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-rafael-nadal","tag-roger-federer","tag-tennis-news"],"yoast_head":"\nNadal wins to set up dream Australian Open final versus Roger Federer - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32692\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nadal wins to set up dream Australian Open final versus Roger Federer - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Melbourne: Spanish superstar Rafael Nadal set up a dream Australian Open final with his long-time rival Swiss legend Roger Federer, defeating Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-7(4) 6-4 in the semi-finals of the Australian Open here on Friday. 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