MELBOURNE–Even by Roger Federer’s standards his path to a 30th grand slam final has been a breeze but things are heating up as Croatian Marin Cilic plays to stop the Swiss claiming a sixth Australian Open title.
Federer has only been extended past the two-hour mark twice in reaching his seventh final in Melbourne and even those two matches this week against unseeded Marton Fucsovics and Tomas Berdych were relatively straightforward straight-sets wins.
