Triumph in three sentences: The giants duel with Roger Federer Rafael Nadal has prevailed sovereign. The Spaniard is in the final of the Australian Open, where he meets again on a Swiss.

Rafael Nadal has decided the tennis classic against Roger Federer for himself and reaches for his second title at the Australian Open. The world number one from Spain sat down on the 33rd Clear duel with the four-time champions from Switzerland to 2:24 7:6 (7:4), 6:3, 6:3. Nadal meets on Sunday  Stanislas Wawrinka on Final debutant (Switzerland / number 8).

“Today I have made ​​my best game in this tournament and I’m very happy,” Nadal said after his success. “I am pleased and proud to stand here again in the final.” It is always very special to play against Federer: “It is an honor to be in the same league as him.”

Roger Federer was able to make the meeting in the Rod Laver Arena reasonably open only in the first sentence. Then Nadal dominated in impressive fashion. While Federer underwent many minor errors, the world number one played the entire game almost flawlessly.

Rafael Nadal has the chance to become the first player in the Open Era (since 1968) to win all four Grand Slam tournaments twice each. 2009, the 27-year-old triumphs to date only time in Melbourne. Last year, Nadal had been missing at the first Grand Slam of the year due to a knee injury.

Also in the final is a German – even if only in the junior competition: The 16-year-old Alexander Zverev won against Bradley Mousley (Australia) 6:4, 1:6, 6:1. In the final, the top seed Zverev meets on Saturday at the Rod Laver Arena on Stefan Kozlov (USA / No. 2).

Already sure your title have the Italians Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci, who triumphed in the women’s doubles. The one-seeded duo defeated Ekaterina Makarova and Jelena Wesnina from Russia 6:4, 3:6, 7:5. For Errani and Vinci, who had also won last year at the Grand Slam opener, it was the fourth overall title at one of the four major championships.

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