'Explosive' Federer books dream clash with Nadal


  • Tennis
  • Wednesday, 22 Jan 2014

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Resurgent Roger Federer relished passing a stiff mental and physical test against a dogged Andy Murray to book his 11th successive Australian Open semi-final and a mouth-watering clash with great rival Rafa Nadal.

Stingy on serve and dominant at the net, the 17-times grand slam champion suffered a wobble that dragged him into a fourth set but recovered his composure to post an impressive 6-3 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3 win under the lights of Rod Laver Arena.

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