Cilic Aims to Turn-Up the Heat on Federer

Cilic Aims to Turn-Up the Heat on Federer
Croatia's Marin Cilic celebrates winning his semi-final match against Britain's Kyle Edmund on Jan. 25 at the Australiam Open in Melbourne, Australia. Reuters/Issei Kato
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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.