Roger Federer took five sets to control number four seed Stan Wawrinka's momentous surge in the semi-final match of the 2017 Australian Open. Injuries abound both players, but they gave the crowd a run for their money when they displayed skills that left the crowd in awesome satisfaction.
Roger Federer presently seeded number 17 performed way beyond his career as he shot down ranked players one at a time to reach the final match. Federer's finals opponent will be the winner of the semi-final match between (9) Rafael Nadal and (15) Grigor Dimitrov, as mentioned in The Telegraph.
Roger Federer showed his original style of play of wit and experience. His first AUO 2017 victory was against Jergen Melzer of Austria in the round of 128 in four sets (7-5, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2). The second win is at the expense of Noah Rubin of the USA in the round of 64 in three sets (7-5, 6-3, 7-6{7-3}). Tomas Berdych (10) of Czechoslovakia became the next seeded player to fall to the round of 32 in three sets at (6-2, 6-4, 6-4) in the tournament against Roger.
At the round of sixteen, (5) Kei Nishikori succumb to a gruelling five-set loss against Roger Federer at (6-7, 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3). Roger's quarterfinals match disposed Mischa Zverev in three sets (6-1, 7-5, 6-2). And his semifinals match against his surging Swiss compatriot, Stan Wawrinka in an overcoming five setter, was not a walk in the park at (7-5, 6-3, 1-6, 4-6, 6-3) as recapped in a report in Google.com.
Roger Federer dodged the question of having his close friend and nemesis play once more in the Australian Open 2017 Finals. Now that the issue is almost at its fruition, Roger said that he can now address it directly but remains to be seen after the Nadal-Dimitrov semi-final match this Friday.
Roger Federer joined close friend Rafael Nadal at the opening Rafa's Tennis Academy in his hometown, Mallorca, Spain last year. Roger was only too happy to accept, as reported in Mail Online.
