On the day the Williams sisters booked their place in the women's final, 35-year-old Federer continued the march of the veterans, becoming the oldest man to reach a grand slam final in more than 40 years. Wawrinka double-faulted to hand Federer the key break in the sixth game and four-times champion Federer rode a wave of adulation from the terraces to serve out the match to love. The Swiss will become the oldest men's grand slam finalist since Ken Rosewall featured in the US Open in 1974 at the age of 39. But he moved superbly to deny his close friend Wawrinka a chance at a fourth grand slam title. Broken again to trail 4-2, Wawrinka lost the second set in just 31 minutes and hammered his racket into the court.

Source: India Today January 26, 2017 12:08 UTC