Roger Federer survived a second set 'freeze' and an onslaught from Croatia's Marin Cilic to claim a record-equalling sixth Australian Open title on Rod Laver Arena on Sunday. With the stadium roof closed to keep out the withering Melbourne heat, the 36-year-old grabbed the first set in 24 minutes as a 20th grand slam title looked a formality. Also read Australian Open: Roger Federer beats Marin Cilic to win 20th grand slam title"The fairytale continues for us, for me, it's incredible," Federer, who has equalled Novak Djokovic and Roy Emerson's Australian Open haul, said on court as wife Mirka and Australian great Rod Laver recorded to the moment with their mobile phones. "I got off to a flyer but I froze in the tiebreak and lost that second set and lost control of the match. Federer hung tough to take the game with a streaky backhand winner and steamed on to his 20th grand slam title -- 10% of the 200 staged since tennis turned professional in 1968.

Source: dna January 28, 2018 14:29 UTC