With Federer the sentimental favourite and the crowd firmly in his corner, Wawrinka held break points at 1-1 and 2-2 in the nerve-shredding final set but the chances went begging. Under pressure on his own serve, Wawrinka crumbled in the sixth game with a double-fault that gifted Federer the decisive break, and the 35-year-old marched on to a sixth final at Melbourne Park. I mean, I cannot just be happy to win two sets against Roger," Wawrinka told reporters, his bid for a fourth grand slam title crushed. "For sure I'm really sad and disappointed ...But at the end I know I tried everything on the court." So the fact that he come back, that he's playing, for sure," Wawrinka said.

Source: The Star January 26, 2017 13:30 UTC